“These are the days of miracle and wonder,” Paul Simon sang, and then named a number of creepy symbols of dystopia. He wasn’t wrong. We have a phone in our pocket on which we can call Mongolia or photograph the … Continue reading
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The initial response of the stock markets to Trump’s hostile takeover was a boomlet based on optimism that tax cuts and a business-friendly anti-regulatory reign was in the offing. When the new president and congressional majority began to look ineffectual … Continue reading
As long ago as Scrooge, there was the question of what to do about the surplus population, that is, the economically unviable. In the nomenclature of Mitt Romney, the ‘takers’ as opposed to the ‘makers.’ Layabouts, welfare queens, lazy people, … Continue reading