The City That Refused to Play Amazon’s Game

The City That Refused to Play Amazon’s Game

The richest man in the world, who heads one of the world’s largest and richest corporations, is also filthy rich in arrogance and pomposity. Jeff Bezos of Amazon demanded that a city’s officials kowtow to him by handing billions of taxpayer dollars to his retail...
Build That Wall (Around Mar-a-Largo)

Build That Wall (Around Mar-a-Largo)

Time for a pop quiz on Trump’s Wall. Question 1: How much will it cost us? Trump & Company says the price tag is $5.7 billion. But — pssssst — that only buys a starter wall of 230 miles, covering barely a tenth of our 2,000-mile Mexican border. The dirty little...
Beto O’Rourke’s Lasting Legacy

Beto O’Rourke’s Lasting Legacy

Beto O’Rourke may have lost his race for Senate, but he’s managed to change the political landscape of Texas — and maybe beyond — in just one campaign. He proved that Texas is more than the gun-slinging, oil-rich, old-fashioned state conservatives are trying so...