The Oregon AFL-CIO calls out the Department of Labor for its vision of Ayn Rand poster boys, worthy of gracing the covers of her romantic fantasy novels, The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged.
An American workforce that appears to be young, straight-looking, closeted gay white men. If the Defense Department is going to be called the War Department, then Labor may as well be called the Ministry of Public Enlightenment and Propaganda.
Trump is acting as if he “don’t need to show us no stinking permits” to construct his precious ballroom.
Outside, it will be an outsized monstrosity. Inside, it will be chintzy, tacky, and tasteless, like everything else he’s decorated.
Wall St. Week recently featured the medical information startup OpenEvidence.
If this outfit goes public, it will be the first time I buy stock in a company other than my former employer, which is privately held.
Trump’s ballroom, that nobody else ever said they wanted, will ultimately be paid for with taxpayer money. He’ll keep the private donations for himself. As Trump likes to say, “You know it and I know it.”
Zanny Minton Beddoes is the editor of The Economist. The publication that, a year ago, declared America’s economy was the envy of the world. What about now?
This is how the No Kings protest sounds on the town common, almost a mile from here**. ‘Burning Love’ was, ironically, made famous by Elvis, the King of Rock and Roll. I’ll be walking up there soon to be part of the rally.
* Nominated as one of my best post titles.
** The music was coming from an event not directly associated with the No Kings rally.
