It happened because a white man was scared. Chase Coleman was on a park road, probably lost and confused, having straggled far behind the pack — he’s a cross-country runner from Syracuse, N.Y. — when the white man got out of his car and shoved him. A witness said Chase flew back 10 feet and […]
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Election Day brings an awful choice
WASHINGTON — Rule of thumb for a presidential campaign where the two candidates have the highest unfavorable ratings in the history of polling: If you’re the center of attention, you’re losing. As Election Day approaches, Hillary Clinton cannot shake the spotlight. She is still ahead in the polls, but you know she’s slipping when she […]
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Why we should worry about Deutsche Bank
WASHINGTON — Deutsche Bank is in trouble — and that’s bad news for all of us. Deutsche Bank is Germany’s biggest bank with 100,000 employees around the world and operations in more than 70 countries. Its assets total about $1.7 trillion. One worrying sign of the bank’s distress is its stock price, which is trading […]
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Economists in the know supporting Clinton
Amid all the polling whiplash, one survey consistently backs Hillary Clinton, and with enthusiasm. Though not an official poll, it offers a relatively emotion-free referendum on the stakes in this presidential election. And its participants tend to be high-income and highly informed. We speak of the broad financial markets, a daily vote by investors on […]
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Congo’s president risks a new civil war
Congo is on the verge of another brutal civil war. That’s bad news. Its last civil war, which had two phases and lasted seven years, killed between two and three million people. Some responsible sources say the death toll was five million. In comparison, Syria’s civil war (an acknowledged tragedy) has lasted five and a […]
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Economic disappointments pollute politics
WASHINGTON — To understand this nasty and nutty campaign, you have to go back to 1973, which is before roughly 60 percent of today’s Americans were alive. The backward trip in time illuminates how the United States and, indeed, most advanced nations, became addicted to rapid economic growth and how this, in turn, polluted our […]
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Definition of ‘corrupt’ fits Clintons perfectly
I love definitions because they help focus the mind. Under dictionary.com’s definition of “corrupt” one finds the following: 1. Guilty of dishonest practices, as bribery; lacking integrity; crooked: 2. Debased in character; depraved; perverted; wicked; evil: 3. Infected; tainted. When used as a verb with an object we find: 4. To destroy the integrity of; […]
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Let us confront violence with love
All too often in this election season, persons on both sides of an issue have tried to frighten others about their opponents. Fear is a powerful motivator that sometimes causes people to react in ways that they might otherwise not if they were not afraid. The ability for civil discourse, to talk about vital interests, […]
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Trump speech held many good ideas
A short time ago, Donald Trump delivered a speech in Gettysburg, Pa., that he should have given much earlier in the campaign, minus the usual threats against women who have accused him of sexual assault. The speech, which was probably written for him because “deep” and “thinker” are likely not the first two words that […]
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Do not just defeat the GOP — nuke it
I don’t want the Republican Party defeated next week. This is written, just so you know, following an email exchange with a reader who suggested a recent column had been penned in consultation with the White House to soften the ground for a new presidential directive. It is written in the wake of a conservative […]