Civic republican political philosophy is sometimes equated with communitarianism, and while they are not precisely the same, they both have as their watchword the concept of “the common good” (the res publica). Republican philosophy was embraced by the Founders of the American republic as fervently as the individualistic liberalism of John Locke. When he visited…Continue Reading
Last Thursday night in the Navy Yard neighborhood of Washington, D.C., a few dozen Hill staffers, mostly in their twenties, wearing their finest business casual, stood around chatting about who worked for which lawmaker and complaining about niche annoyances like the timing of floor votes. When not running interference for their bosses, these indispensables of…Continue Reading
Even before the Federal Reserve announced a quarter-point interest-rate hike Wednesday, boosting interest rates for the first time since 2018, former Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers said that wasn’t enough. Summers made this pronouncement in a Washington Post op-ed headlined “The Fed is charting a course to stagflation and recession.”“Recession” is a bad enough word to…Continue Reading
Ever since Ronald Reagan popularized the term “Big Government,” Republicans have raged against the imaginary scourge of overpaid do-nothing civil servants. Conservatives claim that government employees—the overwhelming majority of whom earn middle-class salaries—sit back on their haunches doing nothing, unlike the efficient and hardworking leaders of the private sector. In reality, the single highest salary…Continue Reading
KCRA – Sacramento VideosElk Grove DUI checkpoint volunteers encourage safe St. Patrick’s Day celebrationCars rolled through a DUI checkpoint in a steady stream Thursday night as Elk Grove police looked for impaired drivers. Drivers were required to stop as they approached the checkpoint on Laguna Boulevard near Bighorn. Officers checked licenses and they talked with…Continue Reading
In deep-blue Broward County, throngs of former President Donald Trump’s supporters flocked to the edge of the Everglades Saturday clad in red, white and blue to see America’s 45th president and other conservatives speak at the latest stop of the American Freedom Tour.Anna Italino, a 21-year-old from Deerfield Beach accompanied by her three young friends…Continue Reading
STORRS, Conn. (AP) — Paige Bueckers was back in the starting lineup and No. 2 seed UConn once again dominated its opposition in an NCAA Tournament opener.Bueckers scored 12 points as UConn began its run toward a 12th NCAA Tournament title with an 83-38 first-round rout of No. 15 seed Mercer on Saturday in the…Continue Reading
Tara Houska/TwitterDisney can’t seem to get it right.The company’s Walt Disney World Resort in Orlando, Florida, apologized Friday after a performance from a Texas high school’s drill team was laden with Native American stereotypes, including repeated chants of “scalp them!” It came just days after the company faced intense backlash over its silence to Florida’s…Continue Reading
Anti-mandate and counter-protesters showed up to demonstrate on Saturday in Calgary’s downtown, but stayed mostly separated and confined to parks and city hall, a departure from last week’s heated meeting along 17th Avenue S.W.Anti-mandate protesters gathered at City Hall on Saturday as well as Central Memorial park after negotiations with the Calgary police. (Helen Pike/CBC)Anti-mandate…Continue Reading
Why are we drowning in stories about entrepreneurs right now? Something about the charismatic manipulator sweet talking their way into — and unsuspecting dupes out of — unimaginable wealth, before crashing spectacularly down to Earth, has us hooked. Anne Hathaway, left and Jared Leto appear as Rebekah and Adam Neumann in the series WeCrashed. The show,…Continue Reading
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