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Quick Rants
Ben Cohn went on a 1,000 mile road trip from Estonia to Ukraine to deliver a donated truck. Share his journey and meet some of the heroes leading volunteer efforts in Ukraine at a live virtual event that includes a screen of Ben's short film and a discussion straights from the front lines.
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My Resist Fascism yard sign is on the way from Etsy. In the meantime, tough decisions for the weekend ahead. Should I attend the Indivisible rally in Bryant Park, or should I go to the Wood Memorial out at Aqueduct, a key prep face for the Derby on a home track. My pick: Sand Devil, currently at 8-1. Odds on US economy emerging without major damage from Trump: 50-1. Don't take that bet, it could be worse.
Long Rants
Obama signs Dodd-Frank in 2011. One of the world’s inevitabilities is regulatory capture: when regulators who are supposed to regulate an industry end up serving the industry's interests, rather than…
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Kroft: Hi, I'm Steve Kroft. I'm a broad shouldered, good looking, well preserved older man with deep lines on my face, magnificent hair and enough of a serious, journalistic persona…
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It would be hard to come up with a slimier, more specious argument than the one made by the Trump administration in its pharmaceutical pricing initiative, launched last week. Yes,…
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The Jerusalem embassy move is another crude, angry Trump gesture against the political correctness of the elites. It has the added plus for Trump of paying off campaign contributor Sheldon…
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Such great news that Goldman Sachs and Apple are teaming up to create a new Apple credit card! Yes, the great vampire squid that is "wrapped around the face of…
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Rolled out of bed today determined to write a blog about the future of America, as it will be determined in the 2018 and 2020 elections. The strands: How to…
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Two bad days in Congress didn't scare Mark Zuckerberg into a profound spiritual and religious conversion. He has not renounced the material world. Zuckerberg seems to be the same smugly…
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A couple of fairly crazy, free-thinking professors have formulated a new ideology they call Radical Markets. I've read their book -- it's a bizarre but compelling amalgam of Henry George, Adam…
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Thank you Donald Trump for motivating me to go out and vote on a day when there isn't even an election in my district! I wanted to go out and…
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We recently needed to get a travel visa to France for my wife, who is Chinese. It wasn't easy. The visa requests need to go through the French consulate office…
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