| Jan 30, 2019 | Economy / Business|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyFormer Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz just announced he may run for president as an independent centrist candidate in 2020. I have some concerns about billionaires, however well-intentioned, running the country. For one thing, people generally pay a lot of attention to...
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| Jan 23, 2019 | RoundupAmid a government shutdown, at least one branch of government is still kicking: The Supreme Court, which recently upheld the Trump administration’s right to implement its nonsensical ban on transgender service members while legal challenges proceed against it....
| | Economy / BusinessWe humans have got to get a whole lot smarter, says Elon Musk, the billionaire founder of Tesla automobiles and CEO of SpaceX rockets. Musk isn’t merely reacting to humanity’s recent tendency to elect lunatics to lead our countries. Rather, he’s trying to warn...
| | Peace / Security|Rights / DemocracyThe Supreme Court just paved the way for Trump’s ban on transgender people serving in the military to move ahead, at least pending other court challenges. The ban will harm the military and help no one, while doing nothing to address the nation’s real...
