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Socialism for Whom?

The whole idea of bestowing socialism on corporations while forcing everybody else to engage in cutthroat capitalism has backfired over and over.

The Ideology of Education

About four months ago, I wrote about the charter schools of Chester, Pennsylvania, where most of my forthcoming book, The Mayor, takes place. I'm doing it again now because big news broke this week.

The Power of "No"

But in the words of B.B. King, the thrill is gone. From my long-view perspective on the changes I've witnessed, we are now in an existential battle for everything we say we value.

Local

Smaller places can rot with undiscovered corruption just like big places can, and those smaller places need reporters.

Safety

We live in a security nation now. We are supposed to be afraid of everything, all the time, and so give up much of what makes life worth living for the blessing of "safety."

Labor Day

We are killing ourselves with efficiency. We are killing our culture, our society, our communities.

Stephen Miller's Nightmare

And here's the thing I want to tell you: These people are fired up and angry and ready to go to the mat. Even better, in Trump country, the scales are beginning to fall from eyes.

Socialist Demons

It was just a small election for a supervisor seat in a suburban Pennsylvania township. But what happened in Towamencin Township almost three years ago was a harbinger for right now.

Keith

People will die because of this. And not only will people die, but hospitals are at risk of dying, too, because when people lose this coverage, they go to ERs for care, and then don't pay the hospital because they don't have the money.

Private v. Public

The people in that photo above, with the gray hair and the dad pants? They stood up, fought back, and, so far, they've won.

The Shame of JD Vance

Vance has made himself an avatar for the moral and ethical vacuum at the heart of American government. He's not worthy to play Bingo at a parish fund raiser.

Brotherly Love

This is my midlife crisis, I guess. Instead of buying a ridiculous car, or taking up with a far-too-young cocktail waitress at the Las Vegas Sands, I'm renovating my house.

Choking Chester

Those of you who've been receiving this for a little while may recall my post from February about the trash incinerator in Chester, PA, where my book, The Mayor, is set. Well, now Chester is set to receive another dose of health-damaging pollution thanks to Donald Trump.

Burn Down the Think Tanks

I tried to explain to Third Way almost a decade ago when I was asked to come to Washington to speak to them...