A young couple I know, recent grads from a state university, share a walk-up apartment in a gritty part of town. They buy their T-shirts used. They share a 22-year-old Honda Accord with well over a century of miles on it. Their health club is weights in a garage. And they spend about $700 a ...
The second debate of Republican presidential candidates took place last Wednesday.Republicans seem to have a continuing desire to waste great opportunities to present their top candidates and to lay out clear and meaningful policy alternatives to the disaster in the White House. There is no ...
One can sympathize with Mitt Romney for deciding not to run again in Utah for the U.S. Senate. The traditional Republican has found himself isolated in a party where majorities still revere Donald Trump.Romney had apparently discussed the idea of forming a new centrist party with West Virginia ...
The hollowing out of U.S. cities’ office and commercial cores is a national trend with serious consequences for millions of Americans. As more people have stayed home following the COVID-19 pandemic, foot traffic has fallen. Major retail chains are closing stores, and even prestigious ...
There is a story from 1948 when then-President Harry S. Truman visited Pittsburgh during a campaign stop. As he was introduced to local officials in the receiving line, he commented, “What the hell is a prothonotary?”When Washington County voters, many of whom are unfamiliar with the ...
In two <em>New York Times</em>-related newsletters, I’ve recently read opinion pieces by Ross Douthat and David Wallace-Wells that explored the aftermath of the early and most intense COVID-19 era. In these commentaries, both the past and future were explored from ...
