Is It Time to Torch the Constitution?
Some scholars say that it’s to blame for our political dysfunction—and that we need to start over. By Louis Menand, September 23, 2024, New Yorker magazine…
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America’s big cities are losing their one big advantage
Story by James Rodriguez, Business Insider, 9/30/24 SOURCE: https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/realestate/america-s-big-cities-are-losing-their-one-big-advantage/ar-AA1pzeTI?ocid=msedgntp&pc=U531&cvid=4a89aa701d834456ac5232b984e0f0e3&ei=199 ities may be crowded, dirty, loud, and expensive, but they’ve always offered one clear advantage over…
Worklessness crisis will take decades to fix, says Asda boss
Story by Hannah Boland, The Telegraph, 9/14/24 SOURCE: https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/worklessness-crisis-will-take-decades-to-fix-says-asda-boss/ar-AA1qxd3f?ocid=msedgntp&pc=U531&cvid=790965585d994863a7b4910792856c95&ei=53 EDITORIAL: The reason youth don’t want to seek employment is because they don’t get REAL economic…
Rising Number of Men Don’t Want to Work
Story by Suzanne Blake, Newsweek, 5/24/24 SOURCE: https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/careersandeducation/rising-number-of-men-don-t-want-to-work/ar-BB1lUL7b?ocid=msedgntp&pc=U531&cvid=30eaaebcd52c4c85be48d1a02292e414&ei=47 EDITORIAL: The majority of our members are men who want to drop off the statistical radar. Many…
Texans Could Get Hit With New Tax Bill if State Leaves America
Story by Suzanne Blake, Newsweek, 2/5/24 SOURCE: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/texans-could-get-hit-with-new-tax-bill-if-state-leaves-america/ar-BB1hOPsn?ocid=msedgntp&pc=NMTS&cvid=5ea32c5851834372a9fc3c5279b4923d&ei=88 If Texas seceded from the country, Texans could be in for a hefty tax bill. As conversations around the…
Legal battles over pronoun use could soon land at Supreme Court
EDITORIAL: MY preferred pronouns if this goes through: My Preferred Pronouns, SEDM BEGIN ARTICLE: Story by Jeremiah Poff, Washington Examiner, 8/13/23 SOURCE: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/legal-battles-over-pronoun-use-could-soon-land-at-supreme-court/ar-AA1fdfnT?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=12ba2dd3c27a49038e9cd61b27f95868&ei=18 A growing number…
More Baby Boomers are living alone. One reason why: ‘gray divorce’
Story by By Catherine E. Shoichet and Parker Leipzig, CNN, 8/5/23 SOURCE: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/more-baby-boomers-are-living-alone-one-reason-why-gray-divorce/ar-AA1eP7Hr?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=e252c82e1c25499a94eb0ad1b4f89aa7&ei=11 Edith Heyck didn’t expect she’d be 72 years old and living alone.…
The numbers behind America’s angst point to one important fraction
Opinion by Harlan Ullman, The Hill, 7/31/23 SOURCE: https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/other/the-numbers-behind-america-s-angst-point-to-one-important-fraction/ar-AA1eAWR7?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=0c75b3c7015e49938e608a32ab1247f4&ei=9 Numbers can help determine a person’s health. Blood pressure, temperature, blood chemistry and other metrics are…
Warning: A Convention of the States Is Practicing to Rewrite the Constitution
Story by Russ Feingold, The Nation, 7/14/23 SOURCE: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/warning-a-convention-of-the-states-is-practicing-to-rewrite-the-constitution/ar-AA1dRGsc?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=31317785ad7442daa2cb3a82a090d658&ei=50 If the adage “practice makes perfect” has merit, be afraid—be very afraid. This August, a far-right group is…
Democrats despise the democracy of the Supreme Court
Opinion by Merrill Matthews, The Hill, 7/5/23 SOURCE: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/democrats-despise-the-democracy-of-the-supreme-court/ar-AA1dswTI?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=17d0f2ccbd3c43b0a8d2a3e9d6b2228a&ei=18 Feel free to disregard all of the Democrats’ hypocritical warnings about the current threats to democracy.…