| Feb 6, 2019 | RoundupIn last night’s State of the Union, President Trump railed at length on the “emergency” of undocumented crossings (which are at a 20-year low) into the United States. This week in OtherWords, several contributors offer up worthier problems. For one...
| Dec 21, 2018 | RoundupCall me naive for even implying it might have been otherwise, but the news barreled right on into the holiday season. Hundreds of thousands of federal workers this year faced the prospect of getting furloughed right before Christmas, all over that border wall we keep...
| Dec 19, 2018 | RoundupA recent Oval Office standoff between Democratic congressional leaders and President Trump over government funding seemed to promise a more confrontational year in politics to come — especially as new revelations keep coming from the Mueller investigation. But,...
| Dec 12, 2018 | RoundupThis week, President Trump vowed (again) to shut down the government over border wall funding. On the other side of that proposed fence are thousands of people he’s barely mentioned since the elections: homeless migrants and refugees. Border Patrol agents...
| Dec 5, 2018 | RoundupRepublicans in Wisconsin have just passed a stunning curb on the powers of incoming Democratic Governor-elect Tony Evers. They’ll also retain a big majority in the statehouse, despite winning a decisive minority of votes. Rule-rigging like this, and a similar...
