Articles of Interest
May 27, 2016, 1:46pm

By Paul Krugman – New York Times.

In general, you shouldn’t pay much attention to polls at this point, especially with Republicans unifying around Donald Trump while Bernie Sanders hasn’t conceded the inevitable. Still, I was struck by several recentRead more »

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May 20, 2016, 2:27pm

By Paul Krugman – New York Times.

There were two big economic policy stories this week that you may have missed if you were distracted by Trumpian bombast and the yelling of the Sanders dead-enders. Each tells you a lot … Read more »

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May 09, 2016, 4:14pm

By Paul Krugman – The New York Times.

Truly, Donald Trump knows nothing. He is more ignorant about policy than you can possibly imagine, even when you take into account the fact that he is more ignorant than you can … Read more »

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May 07, 2016, 12:31pm
By Gail Collins – The New York Times.

There’s no reason you couldn’t do the Republican vice-presidential search as a reality show. Donald Trump is good at that stuff. Plus it’s more than two months until the convention, and I … Read more »

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May 04, 2016, 2:08pm

By Editorial Board – The New York Times.

The Republican Party’s trek into the darkness took a fateful step in Indiana on Tuesday.

The Hoosier State delivered an all-but-crowning victory to Donald Trump, who beat Ted Cruz soundly in the … Read more »

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May 02, 2016, 4:12pm

By Nicholas Kristof – The New York Times.

REPUBLICANS have often been indignant at being portrayed as waging a “war on women,” and the rhetoric sometimes was, indeed, a bit over the top. Until Donald Trump showed up.

Trump seems … Read more »

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April 29, 2016, 4:22pm

By Paul Krugman – New York Times.

Maybe we need a new cliché: It ain’t over until Carly Fiorina sings. Anyway, it really is over — definitively on the Democratic side, with high probability on the Republican side. And the … Read more »

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April 26, 2016, 6:44pm

New York Times.

Tuesday’s primaries in Pennsylvania, Connecticut, Maryland, Delaware and Rhode Island could bring Donald Trump close to securing the delegates he needs to win the Republican presidential nomination, though probably not all the way there. After a series … Read more »

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April 15, 2016, 6:49pm

By Jann S. Wenner – Rolling Stone.

It’s hard not to love Bernie Sanders. He has proved to be a gifted and eloquent politician. He has articulated the raw and deep anger about the damage the big banks did to … Read more »

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April 15, 2016, 6:46pm

By Paul Krugman – The New York Times.

A couple of months ago, Jeb Bush (remember him?) posted a photo of his monogrammed handgun to Twitter, with the caption “America.” Bill de Blasio, New York’s mayor, responded with a pictureRead more »

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