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Save 20% before paywall goes back up
Hi all! I’m writing to remind you the paywall is going back up tomorrow. May 20 is the somewhat arbitrary date of economic reboot in my state of Connecticut. Taking the paywall down during a pandemic was the right thing to do, but it’s unwise to keep it down. But before free time ends, please…
Pandemic Reveals That Without Suffering, Our Advanced Capitalist Society Would Collapse
The economy requires a working class without political power.
No, Protests Are Not a ‘Class Struggle’
Not the one you think it is. Here’s the real struggle.
Freedom Fighters? More Like Freeloaders
When it comes to masks, responsible law-abiding people are doing the work.
Do Not Presume a Fair Election
“Obamagate” is one reason why.
Who Are the Real Defenders of Life?
Blue-state civilization vs. red-state barbarism.
Trump, the Cowardly Anti-Obama
Poll shows increasing intolerance for the president’s weakness.
Do Republicans think Trump will lose?
The Post’s Paul Waldman thinks the Republicans are preparing for Donald Trump to lose. That’s why they are talking up deficit reduction and cost cutting when they should be talking about doing everything—anything—possible to save the president. If you thought Trump could still win, your best move would be to give the economy the biggest…
Trump Is Appeasing the ‘Invisible Enemy’
The enemy of the GOP’s enemy is its friend.
A 9/11 every single day
More than two thousand people have died since I posted this afternoon today’s edition of the Editorial Board, and it’s not even suppertime on the west coast yet. Even as the president and his confederates move to “reopen” the economy, the frequency of death from Covid-19, which is caused by the new coronavirus, is getting…