Archive for September 2024
Four-Dimensional Chess in NYC
Will Mayor Eric Adams be forced to resign? Will Andrew Cuomo succeed him? Does a progressive mayoral candidate have a shot?
Read MoreBibi’s Wider War
Not good for the Jews, not good for Kamala Harris
Read MoreThe Justice Department Challenges Visa’s Predatory Power
The giant credit card company offers a textbook case in abuse of market power to buy off or crush potential competitors and reap excess profits at consumer expense.
Read MorePolling Whiplash
All polls are prisoners of subjective assumptions. As a great student of public opinion said, ‘Don’t speak too soon, for the wheel’s still in spin.’
Read MoreDeWine and Robinson: Two Faces of the Post-Trump GOP
How many Republican voters appalled by pro-Nazi porn will desert North Carolina gubernatorial candidate Mark Robinson? And how many who respect Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine will desert Trump?
Read MoreThe Fed Finally Lightens Up
Rates have been cut by a full half-point. It’s about time.
Read MoreIt’s the Guns, Stupid
Are we so inured to the premise that nothing can be done about mass ownership of military weapons that gun control has vanished from discourse and debate?
Read MoreWhat Might a President Harris Do on Israel?
A different course on the Middle East is urgently needed, and harder than you might think.
Read MoreNotes for Next Time
Kamala Harris did well in the debate but missed some opportunities to remind voters of Trump’s sheer craziness.
Read MoreThe Turnout Debate
Will better-than-average mobilization of the potential Democratic base rescue Harris-Walz from a cliff-hanger election?
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