More on the Tax Reform Proposals
Criticism of the recent tax proposals seems to have emerged from every quarter. That is to be expected. As the party of opposition, Democrats could hardly do otherwise at this […]
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Tax Reform
Tax matters have truly moved to center stage. Republicans have advanced their proposals. Though they differ from Trump’s campaign promises and from the sketch offered by the White House earlier […]
More Power Than Principle in the Culture Wars
Today’s culture wars have morphed radically from what they were only ten years ago. Then, they raged between two groups of citizens, those who wanted to protect traditional mores and […]
Washington Talks About Vocational Training But Does Little
Globalization and technology relentlessly demand an ever better-trained labor force. To meet the challenges of this future and to rebuild its middle class, America, it is clear, must upgrade its […]
A Perspective on the Culture Wars
Today’s culture wars are a one-sided matter. The country’s secular elite aggressively advances its agenda for the nation’s daily life and in the process forces a defensive posture on the […]
Revolt Against the Ruling Class
American politics is involved in something of a revolution. What else can explain the surprising success of Trump’s bombast and the remarkable tenacity of Bernie Sanders’ earnestness? Now two books […]
Tax Reform: Hope and Frustration
The relative honesty is refreshing. Washington and its media enablers, though promising to give due attention to urgently needed tax reform, admit that progress will wait until at least 2017. […]
Baltimore is More than a Little Revealing
Baltimore’s and Ferguson’s troubles stand in sharp contrast to the riots of the 1960s. These are much more about class than race. To be sure,there is a racial overlay. A […]
A Plea to the Muslim Community
All of us on the outside are confused and beg your help. Christians, Buddhists, atheists, Jews, pagans, everyone who can open the newspaper, or more likely these days switch on […]
A Nuclear “Deal”
This nonsense over the recent guidelines for a nuclear deal looks like a classic case of that most human impulse to confuse one’s hopes with reality. President Obama’s spin speaks […]
Thirty Tomorrows 