There was a time — let’s say, last millennium — when the difference between the rich and the poor was not so wildly pronounced in the US. Most people made well under $100,000 per year, and their bosses maybe made double. Even in the years when Wall Street trumpeted that…

Since posting, Governor Phil Murphy has won re-election in the state of New Jersey. It doesn’t matter. The takeaways stand.

In all the news coverage today about yesterday’s elections, there is a shocking lack of talk about the pandemic. There is talk about the Democrats’ poor results being a referendum…

As President Biden announced that Democrats have a deal on a “framework” for the Build Back Better Plan, he praised Congress for their ability to compromise and reach consensus. “No one got everything they wanted,” he said, “including me. But that’s what compromise is.” He went on to say that…

THE ORIGINAL BIG LIE

The older I get the more clear it becomes to me that most of how we think about world events is rooted in our unique point-of-view, our specific vantage point, the cultural and political context in which we were raised. This is not a mind-blowing realization. It is one of…

The clock is ticking out in Los Angeles. With the strike deadline set for this Monday at 12:01am, IATSE — the union that represents film and television workers — has put their last card on the table: they have 60,000+ members ready to walk. According to industry reporting, both parties…