The Supremes and DACA Dreamin’ Headlines trumpeted a defeat for the Trump Administration on Thursday after the Supreme Court ruled that it cannot immediately end the Obama Administration’s DACA program preventing the deportation of 700,000 so-called Dreamers. The President promptly tweeted an angry response: “These horrible...
Covid Math Today’s craze is “Covid Math” … and everyone’s doing it. The media do it best, highlighting the juiciest, most exciting numbers and making the most electrifying calculations in reporting the number of Americans who have been infected by and died from Covid-19. ...
America’s Victory … or Al Qaeda’s? The April 19, 2020 TLR highlighted America’s mountain of debt …, a substantial portion of which was borrowed to fund America’s War on Terror. Prior to 9/11, America’s national debt stood at $5.7 trillion. U.S. Federal debt now...
What is a “Fact” The dictionary defines a “fact” as “a thing that is known or proven to be true,” “something that has actual existence” … or, simply, “a truth.” Straightforward, no? A seemingly simple exercise in separating reality from opinion and fantasy. ...
The Covid-19 Bridge Connecting A Bifurcated America A year ago, in “The Hollowing Out of America,” TLR contrasted two different Americas: The economically-vibrant urban-exurban America found on its three coasts … and the sclerotically depopulating rural-America located in between, in the Great Middle. It...