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Office Hours: How are you staying hopeful in these trying times?
A pandemic that hasn’t ended. Inflation that’s soaring. Putin’s war in Ukraine that could escalate into a nuclear confrontation. A climate crisis tha…
3 years, 11 months ago
Really? A billionaire tax? Now? Are you kidding me?
President Biden’s budget, which came out yesterday, proposes a new minimum tax of 20 percent on households worth more than $100 million — which the W…
3 years, 11 months ago
Why do Putin, Trump, Tucker Carlson, and the GOP sound so much alike?
In a speech on Friday delivered from his office in the Kremlin, Putin criticized the West’s “cancel culture” which, he charged, is “canceling” Russia…
3 years, 11 months ago
Warning: The Fed is aiming a battering ram at the American economy
As Putin’s war shakes up the world economy, the Fed last week raised interest rates by a quarter point and penciled in six more increases by the end …
3 years, 11 months ago
Ukraine, climate change, and the common good
Joe Biden is in Europe today, consulting with NATO allies about how to ratchet up the pressure on Putin. I’ve been mulling how we might respond to Pu…
3 years, 11 months ago
Six months, and all because of you
Has it been six months already? I hadn’t intended to write every day but with so much going on in the world, I had no choice.
One of my hopes when I …
4 years ago
Why Trump, Putin, Xi and other dictators make disastrous decisions
Here’s the paradox: The higher you rise in any hierarchy, your decisions are likely to have larger and larger consequences. Yet the higher you rise, …
4 years ago
My coffee klatsch with Heather
This morning I had coffee with my colleague Heather Lofthouse, who runs Inequality Media. We talked about generational change (boomers; millennials, …
4 years ago
PS: Could Putin pull America back together?
Okay, I’m going to go out on a limb today and suggest something that would have seemed utter nonsense as late as a month ago: I’m seeing the stirring…
4 years ago
Office Hours: What's the Democrats' message?
Welcome to Wednesday, friends.
Biden’s advisers are saying that the crisis in Ukraine presents a chance for a reset — Biden’s best opportunity to rest…
4 years ago