Multibillionaire David Geffen wishes us well while 'avoiding the virus' on his $400 million yacht

And I thought Ivanka Trump’s faux camping trip with her kids in her posh living room was the most tone-deaf thing I’d see during the coronavirus crisis. x Under the … Read More

We’re the makers, they’re the takers: Billionaires only exist because we let them

During the 2012 Republican National Convention, the GOP hit on a novel strategy for winning over voters. Because their presumptive nominee was the warm-blooded vertebrate equivalent of low-sodium pretzels and … Read More

An open question for even undergraduate level economists

I’m not an economist, and didn’t even major in it in college.   So I have an honest question for those with some more expertise than me. Background:  I just … Read More

GOP’s top priority? Giving the Trump clan a multi-billion dollar tax cut

Republican leaders in Congress may not be ready to abandon Donald Trump, but there’s little doubt about their growing discomfort with the president of the United States. Supposedly shocked by … Read More

Republicans betray their gray-haired base with Trumpcare

Ever since Donald Trump’s shocking victory on Election Day, press, pundits, and pollsters have engaged in a furious debate about which voters propelled him to the White House. Was Trump’s … Read More