Gene Sperling thinks too great an emphasis on specifics 鈥� like Medicare for All 鈥� gets in the way of realizing some really worthwhile things, such as eventually securing health insurance for every American.Sperling, who directed the National Economic Council under both Presidents Clinton ...
All parents want what鈥檚 best for their children.Some parents want more than others.Those parents break laws, the rules of decency or both to give their kids an unfair help.A few years ago, I happened to ask a legendary high school basketball coach how the game had changed since he started ...
I didn鈥檛 only see Alex Trebek naked. I stood next to him naked. Well, that鈥檚 not right. I wasn鈥檛 naked. But sure enough he was. As naked as a smart-boy contestant without an answer ... I mean ... a question during Final Jeopardy. Whatever.The longtime host of TV鈥檚 Jeopardy just ...
For Republicans, there is, indeed, a national emergency.They鈥檒l swear it could easily destroy America, while it lays waste to our way of life.This national emergency isn鈥檛 caused by anything sneaking north from Mexico.It started in the Bronx and Queens New York.Right-wingers don鈥檛 even ...
From a mezzanine seat at the University of Pittsburgh鈥檚 basketball arena, I had a bird鈥檚 eye view of hundreds of student-fans from Butler High School, there to root their school team to victory.Assigned a section behind one basket, the students spent most of the game on their feet, jumping ...
President Trump鈥檚 鈥渆x-fixer鈥� Michael Cohen has no reason to sing Trump鈥檚 praises.Trump frequently calls him a 鈥渞at.鈥漇o, when Cohen appeared before the House Oversight Committee for eight hours last Wednesday, he fired a barrage of carefully worded attacks aimed directly at the ego ...