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The stakes in November could not be higher

The great American jurist, Louis Brandeis, once said, "We may have democracy, or we may have wealth concentrated in the hands of a few, but we cannot have both." In 2024, it might be just as relevant to say, “We may have democracy or we may have Donald Trump, but we cannot have both.” "We ...

What it takes to be a good president

Well before he became president, John F. Kennedy jotted down in a notebook he was keeping the words of Liddell Hart, a British scholar, military historian, and strategist. "Keep strong, if possible. In any case, keep cool," Hart wrote in his book, “Deterrent or Defense,” as noted by ...

When victory is its own worst enemy

A prospective second Trump administration has plans to strip perhaps as many as 50,000 federal civil servants of employment protection, claims an analysis by the nonprofit Protect Democracy. On its website, Protect Democracy quotes the American Enterprise Institute, which says a Trump ...

The debate’s unfinished business

"Well, that was fun. Let's do it again in October," wrote an aide to the Kamala Harris for president campaign on X, moments after the vice president left former president Donald Trump reeling Tuesday evening in Philadelphia; hers was a debate performance for the ages. Of course, she couldn't ...

Candidates would rather not go there

On Wednesday outside the Throwback Brewery in South Hampton, N.H., Vice President Kamala Harris stated her intention, if elected to the White House, to help spur the growth of an estimated 25 million small-businesses in the United States. Specifically, the Democratic nominee for president ...

Labor’s heroes deserve admiration

Down through the years, the American labor movement has produced its share of heroes and villains. The latter includes the likes of Jimmy Hoffa, the mob-compromised, mid-20th century leader of the Teamsters, and Tony Boyle, the president of the United Mine Workers who plotted the 1969 murder of ...