Commentary: Jesse Jackson’s message of hope lives on
It feels right that he died during Black History Month, because he was Black history.
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Why Apple Was Right To Comply With China's Censorship Demands
Over the weekend Apple removed software from its Chinese App Store that enabled iPhone users to get around censorship laws in that country. The action was… -
Republicans Just Love Reconciliation: First For Health Care, Now For Taxes
Washington Republicans thought they had it all worked out.Reconciliation, that was their answer. That relatively obscure budget process, requiring a mere… -
How Republican Geoff Diehl’s Run For Senate Might Affect Charlie Baker
Three-term Republican State Representative Geoff Diehl of Whitman, the first elected official from Massachusetts to endorse Donald Trump in 2016, is… -
How Common Core Killed Jules Verne; Or, Bureaucrats Who Oppose Imagination
“My task is to paint the whole earth, the entire world, in novel form, by imagining adventures…” wrote the renowned, late-19th-century French novelist,… -
We're Zooming Into A Jetson-Like Future, And I'm Not Ready
George Jetson commuted in a mid-sized space ship. He dropped off his son and daughter at school in glass transport pods. Wife Jane flew off to shop in a… -
Healthcare Debate Puts Years Of Progress For LGBT People And HIV Patients At Risk
Remember when you couldn’t get health insurance if you had HIV? Remember when you couldn’t afford your HIV meds even when you had insurance? Those days… -
The Evolution Of 'States' Rights' In The Age Of Donald Trump
For decades, conservatives have relied on states’ rights claims to hold back the seemingly inexorable expansion of federal rights. Throughout the Jim Crow… -
Trump's Boy Scouts Speech And The Thin Line Between Openness And Recklessness
“Know your audience” is usually the first rule of public speaking. But that doesn’t really seem to matter all that much to President Trump.Trump became…
