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Politician Names on Public Works Is Free Advertising
When workers scraped Donald Trump's name off the Donald Trump and John F. Kennedy Performing Arts Center, they should have kept going. They should have taken Kennedy's name off as well and restored the building to its original, simple title, the National Culture Center.
After President Kennedy was assassinated in November 1963, Congress ...Read more
Platner Wants Redemption. Others Want a Refund
Democrat Rep. Ro Khanna conceded at a rally for the Maine senatorial candidate that Graham Platner's actions have not been sterling. Voters considering Platner don't like his "shameful" actions against women, the Californian said, but "they are willing to extend him grace and redemption."
Maine Democrats have just chosen Platner to challenge ...Read more
Loneliness: People Do Need People
Ashley, North Dakota, is a small farming town where the local diet leans hard on sausage, deep-fried chicken and strudel. It has something of a medical center, but the nearest trauma hospital able to handle the most serious injuries is almost four hours away in Fargo.
Yet the elders in McIntosh County, with Ashley as its county seat, ...Read more
Price Gouging Is Whose Problem?
Horrors. The profiteers running this year's World Cup are forcing fans to shell out thousands for a single ticket.
But they're not. FIFA, which oversees the once-every-four-years soccer tournament, is slapping astounding prices on the tickets. No one has to buy them.
This should be very obvious.
That said, some products are priced in ways ...Read more
The Platners Are in Therapy. They Really Need It
The Democrats' apparent choice to replace Maine Republican Susan Collins in the U.S. Senate has built a rap sheet of dazzling disqualifiers.
It wasn't enough that Graham Platner's impersonation of a blue-collar oysterman has been exposed. Turns out he attended the Hotchkiss School, an elite prep school in Connecticut and is grandson of Warren...Read more




















