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Victims of Franco Regime Still Search for Justice
Reading Time: 5 minutes When Spanish dictator Francisco Franco died on November 20, 1975, former US President Richard Nixon described
Testing Is Broken, Contact Tracing Has Failed: There’s a Better Way
Reading Time: 24 minutes Rarely do we have guests back on this podcast after only three months. But then rarely
Trump Faces a Critical Choice About His Political Future
Will he follow the example of Andrew Jackson, who went on to victory, or sore loser Hillary Clinton?
Implications of the Flynn Pardon
President Trump’s pardon not only ends any injustice to Flynn, but it restores the proper balance to the separation of
Palantir’s Eye-Popping Rally
On the menu today: Palantir shares skyrocket, a giant of labor economics passes away, Slack in acquisition talks with Salesforce,
A Trojan Horse? PathCheck’s Contact Tracing App Coming to Minnesota and the World
Almost as soon as the World Health Organization (WHO) declared a global pandemic in March, contact tracing apps seem to
Mandatory Voting Is Authoritarian
All mandatory-voting advocates are doing is further degrading the importance of elections and incentivizing more demagoguery.
Hillbilly Elegy: Ron Howard’s Inverted Mayberry
Americana for our age: Booze, opioids, and ignorance. But Glenn Close, at least, sails past the white-trash clichés.
How Did the Bear Cross the Road? Wildlife Corridor’s Success Caught on Video
Reading Time: 2 minutes Nearly 18,000 Airport Workers Sealed In for Testing After 7 COVID Cases Detected (Dana) The author
Cuomo Defends Trump against ‘Unprofessional’ and ‘Really Biased’ Media
The New York governor said reporters had adopted a “nastier tone” and “disrespect that never existed” toward politicians.
Trump Campaign Presses On in Wisconsin
Reading Time: 6 minutes While the transition to the Biden administration is finally underway, President Donald Trump’s legal grounds for
Dow 30,000, Yellen 2021 (Warnings Apply)
On the menu today: Dow moves up, Yellen to move in, GMO and vaccines, urban tax crunches, a secret Chinese
Trump Signs Off on Biden Receiving Intelligence Briefs
The president has still refused to concede the election and is continuing to contest the results of the election in
OxyContin Maker Purdue Pharma Pleads Guilty to Criminal Charges, Acknowledges Role in Opioid Crisis
The drugmaker, in a virtual hearing, admitted to obstructing the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’s efforts to fight the opioid addiction
Mobile Fingerprinting a Core Tool in US Deportations: Report
Reading Time: 3 minutes Why Republican Voters Say There’s ‘No Way in Hell’ Trump Lost (Reader Steve) The author writes,
Malawi is Just the Beginning: How Israel Changed the Political Narrative of an Entire Continent
In June 2020, Malawi’s opposition leader, Lazarus Chakwera, defeated Peter Mutharika in a rerun presidential election. With last year’s poll
N.Y. Attorney General Sues Buffalo Catholic Diocese over Sexual Abuse Cover Up
The Buffalo diocese shielded dozens of priests credibly accused of sexual assault, according to the lawsuit.
Why Can’t Trump and His Supporters Concede? Grief.
Reading Time: 5 minutes President Trump is in denial, and as a result so are his supporters. Much like a
Biden’s Cabinet: The Return of the Blob
Biden wants Antony Blinken — an establishment favorite who has been wrong on nearly every foreign-policy issue in the past
Mutual Fund Renaissance?
On the menu today: the return of active management, how COVID-19 affects trust in scientists, lessons from Japan, and another
CIA’s New Big Tech Procurement Drive Brings War Economy Back to its Roots
The vaunted “17 intelligence agencies” that comprise the U.S. intel community will be sharing a network of private-sector cloud computing
Pennsylvania Republicans File Emergency Lawsuit to Block Certification of Election Results
Biden won Pennsylvania by more than 80,000 votes over President Trump and is expected to be awarded the Keystone State’s
Subsidizing and Innovating Away Climate Change
Reading Time: 3 minutes The Supreme Court Is in Charge Now (Dana) From the New Republic: “After Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s
MyPillow Founder Ready to Go to the Mattresses for Trump
Reading Time: 3 minutes MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell might need a good night’s sleep. In recent days the ardent Trump
America’s Elite Universities Hide Contributions from World’s Worst Human-Rights Abusers
Harvard, Cornell, and MIT routinely conceal millions in donations from the Gulf states, China, and Russia.
Operation Warp Speed Chief Predicts Return to Normal Life in May as Americans Are Vaccinated
Dr. Moncef Slaoui said that about 70 percent of the U.S. population would have to be immunized “for true herd immunity.”
GOP Senator Pat Toomey Congratulates Biden, Urges Trump to Accept Election Results
The Pennsylvania Republican’s statement came shortly after the Trump campaign suffered its latest legal defeat in the state.
Judge Finds the Fatal Flaw in Trump Campaign’s Pennsylvania Case
The campaign’s post-election lawsuit was tossed, just before the commonwealth’s certification deadline.
Lindsey Graham’s the Law-and-Disorder Senator
Reading Time: < 1 minute South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham, who faces an ethics complaint for allegedly trying to sway
The Everlasting Power of Philanthropy
Seneca counsels givers to be anonymous and forget they’ve given, and urges recipients to be grateful and remember.
Trump Fails to Convince Michigan GOP Lawmakers
Reading Time: 3 minutes Exhale. Following a tense week politically, more than half of American voters were able to breathe
Ben Carson Says He Was ‘Desperately Ill’ with COVID, But Is ‘Out of the Woods’ Now
The HUD secretary is convinced that the same monoclonal antibody treatment used on President Trump is responsible for saving his
Michigan Lawmakers Pledge to ‘Follow the Law’ After White House Meeting with Trump
Both the state senate majority leader and house speaker said they’d seen no evidence that would call Joe Biden’s win
Stunning Findings on Campaign-Finance Law
New research illustrates how public opinion, often misinformed, has served as a basis for courts to bless the restriction of
The Fake Controversy around Steve Mnuchin’s Fed Letter
Silly debates over whether emergency credit-facility programs should be allowed to expire — they should — distract from a more
Donald Trump Jr. Tests Positive for Coronavirus
Donald Trump Jr., the president’s son, tested positive for coronavirus earlier this week, a spokesman confirmed on Friday evening.
How Joe Biden Plans to Make The American Empire Great Again
Throughout his campaign, Joe Biden railed against Donald Trump’s ‘America First’ foreign policy, claiming it weakened the United States and
Lamar Alexander Calls on Trump Admin. to Give Biden Presidential Briefings
Senator Lamar Alexander on Friday called on the Trump administration to begin providing Joe Biden with presidential briefings and other
US Greenhouse Gas Emissions See Historic Plummet
Reading Time: 3 minutes Democrats: Be Afraid (Jeff) From the Bulwark: “The Republican party has won a national plurality exactly