TLR continues to ponder the question of what makes democracy so attractive and so enduring … and, more recently, so unstable (having discussed “The Widening Partisan Divide” here, America’s “Degenerative Democracy” here, and “America’s Broken Constitution” here). What is the secret ingredient that has made...
The enactment by the Biden Administration of the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan (ARP) was a victory for labor over capitalists capital, one that many Americans believe created unintentional consequences for American businesses. Those consequences, however, were very much intended. They are an integral part...
What’s wrong with 21st Century America? In a single word, leadership … or, more precisely, the lack of it. America has lacked effective, constructive leadership for almost 30 years. That’s an entire generation! America’s Presidents, the successive standard-bearers of the Republican and Democratic Parties – Bill Clinton,...
Americans have awakened. They’ve become “woke,” a term deriving its meaning from African American slang. “Woke” came into the English language more than a decade ago when “stay woke” referred to the need for awareness about racial injustice issues. The Woke Movement has since expanded...
Don’t worry about how sky-high stock market prices are today. Or Bitcoin – its price is now $59,000 (having appreciated 500% over the past 12 months). Or the price of GameStop (from $4 to $483 in 6 months) or of sports trading cards ($1.3 million...
