July 1, 10:36 – DC A democracy survives when its citizens have access to trustworthy and impartial sources of information, when it can discern lies from truth, when civic discourse is grounded in verifiable fact. And with the decimation of reporting these sources of information are disappearing. The increasing fusion …
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Social mobility is now lower in the United States than it is in Northern Europe, Australia, Canada and even France and Spain, a fact that ought to be tattooed on the foreheads of every member of Congress, so directly does it strike at America’s identity as the land of opportunity. …
The Budget Battles – Prosperity for Whom? – NYTimes.com Here is an idea. With the right getting more and more extreme in their policies, they move the negotiations further to the right. When is someone from the left going to balance this out by demanding serious tax increases on the …
Democracy depends on a free, open and accurate press. Today in America, we have a closed, incompetent press. A recent example makes this clear. A NY State surcharge tax on the wealthy was up for debate in their budget. Doing a google search on the topic resulted in articles that …
