N.Y. Public Schools Tell Trump They Won’t Comply with His DEI Order   Dear Commons Community, New York state officials have told the Trump administration that they will not comply with its demands […]

Florida Tops Houston in Game for the Ages! Florida players celebrate after defeating Houston in the 2025 NCAA men’s tournament national championship game at the Alamodome in San […]

Dan Rather Cites Turkish Proverb – Disses Trump:  “When a clown moves into a palace he doesn’t become a king, the palace instead becomes a circus.”   Dear Commons Community, The veteran broadcast journalist shared one simple sentence on Facebook that got nearly a million likes […]

RFK Jr. arrives in Texas after a second unvaccinated child dies of measles amid the state’s outbreak Dear Commons Community, US Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said he arrived in West Texas after a school-aged […]

Lawrence Summers: Harvard Must Not Yield to Intimidation! Dear Commons Community, Lawrence Summers, former president of Harvard University, had a guest essay yesterday in The New York Times, […]

Musk Calls For ‘Zero Tariff Situation’ Between U.S. And Europe, Slams Trump Advisor Peter Navarro!   Elon Musk. Photographer: Jamie Kelter Davis/Bloomberg via Getty Images. Dear Commons Community, Elon Musk, who has remained […]

Angry Protesters from New York to Alaska Assail Trump and Musk in 'Hands Off!' Rallies Hand off rallies against Trump and Musk! Dear Commons Community, Thousands of people angry about the way Trump is running the country […]

Adams to skip New York City’s Democratic primary, run for mayoral reelection as an independent – creating an election spectacle!  Eric Adams and Andrew Cuomo. Eduardo Munoz Alvarez/AP. Dear Commons Community, Mayor Eric Adams is opting out of New York City’s De […]

US Supreme Court Lets Trump Suspend DEI Grants for Teacher Training Parents Protesting Cuts to Teacher Education. Photo courtesy of The Washington Post. Dear Commons Community, The US Supreme Court […]

Trump leading us right into the mouth of a recession!   Dear Commons Community, This cartoon by Nick Anderson that appeared in yesterday’s New York Daily News says it all. Tony

Essay – What Autocrats Want from Academics: Servility! Dear Commons Community, Anna Dumont, a Ph.D. candidate in art history at Northwestern University, had an essay in The Chronicle of […]

GOP Senator Rand Paul Issues Dire Warning To Fellow Republicans About Trump Tariffs Dear Commons Community, Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.), who was one of only four Republicans to vote against Trump’s steep inte […]

Let the Trade War begin! This chart shows the levies on some of America’s biggest trading partners.   (The new fees exclude Canada and Mexico, which already fac […]

Happy Birthday to My Wonderful Wife, Elaine, Eighty Years Old Today! Flying a kite in Seattle. Dear Commons Community, Today is my wife, Elaine’s eighty birthday.   I have been blessed to have her on m […]

Musk and Trump humbled as Susan Crawford wins Wisconsin Supreme Court seat! Dear Commons Community, A Democrat-backed judge has won a key seat on the Wisconsin Supreme Court, in a vote widely seen as a […]

Wall Street Journal:  Trump just handed Democrats a winning election slogan –  "I couldn’t care less" if car manufacturers raise prices Dear Commons Community, The conservative Wall Street Journal editorial page yesterday whacked Trump for handing Democrats what it said […]

Foreign tourism into the U.S. is expected to drop, due to ‘polarizing Trump administration policies and rhetoric’ Dear Commons Community, The outlook for international travel to the U.S. has drastically changed and is now seen declining this year […]

Michael I. Kotlikoff, President of Cornell University: "We’re Not Afraid of Debate and Dissent." Dear Commons Community, Michael I. Kotikoff, President of Cornell University, had a guest essay in The New York Times on Sunday, […]

The New York Times Editorial Board thinks the Democratic Party is in a state of denial and needs a serious wake-up call. Credit…Illustration by Rebecca Chew/The New York Times Dear Commons Community, In an  editorial yesterday, The New York Times […]

Mark Cuban says home insurance will be the ‘No. 1 housing affordability issue’ for Americans! Dear Commons Community, There’s passionate debate about how to solve America’s ongoing housing crisis, much of which revolves around […]