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Columnist Maureen Dowd reviews evidence of Donald Trump’s  psychopathology this week in a piece entitled, America’s Parasite.

Here is an excerpt:’

“It’s funny that Donald Tr […]

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Bernie Sanders scored a major victory in Nevada’s presidential caucuses yesterday, and cemented his status as the Democrats’ front-runner for the presidential nomination. 
Joe Bide […]

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It has been an incredibly busy week on the political front:

Democratic Presidential Debate (or Debacle) last Wednesday;
House Intelligence Report of Russian interference in […]

A simulated Beijing in an immersion lab at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, N.Y., where students can learn Mandarin Chinese.
Credit…Tony Cenicola/The New York Times
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The New […]

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New York Times editorial writer Michelle Cottle this morning likens Wednesday’s Democratic Party debate to a piñata party with five hungry candidates with sticks and one […]

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As the coronavirus  spreads its deadly effects on people, science in China and other countries has become ensnarled because of the necessary quarantine limitations that have been […]

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Last night’s Democratic presidential debate was a verbal brawl with candidates “zinging each other” especially during the first hour.  Elizabeth Warren gave it to Michael Bloomb […]

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Marc Perry of The Chronicle of Higher Education had an article yesterday calling for graduate programs to rethink the requirements for a Ph.D.  He focuses on the humanities and […]

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Calling himself “the chief law enforcement officer of the country,” the president yesterday renewed his attacks on the criminal justice system, demanded a new trial for his friend Rog […]

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On Monday, Democratic candidate for president, Michael Bloomberg unveiled his policy plans for higher education. In a phone call with journalists, his advisors touted his ambitious and […]

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The Boy Scouts of America filed for bankruptcy protection today in hopes of working out a potentially mammoth victim compensation plan that will allow the 110-year-old […]

Tom Cotton
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Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) continues to push a debunked theory that the coronavirus is linked to a biological lab in China.

The lab theory, which has been c […]

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On Thursday, California’s Legislature is expected to approve a resolution offering an apology to the 120,000 Japanese internment victims for the state’s role in aiding the U.S. gov […]

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Today we honor George Washington and Abraham Lincoln, two presidents who served our country well and with dignity!

Tony

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In an open letter released yesterday, more than 1,100 former federal prosecutors and Justice Department officials called on Attorney General William Barr to resign following reports […]

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Maureen Dowd this morning has a column examining the Donald Trump and Mike Bloomberg war that is going on in social media. Dowd is in Bloomburg’s corner and concludes that he is up t […]

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Elisabeth Rosenthal, the author of An American Sickness: How Healthcare Became Big Business and How You Can Take It Back, has an op-ed in this morning’s New York Times, analyzing t […]

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The American Association of University Professors (AAUP) published an article entitled, The purge of higher education:  What do we lose when small colleges close?  in the current e […]