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Dinner At Madeleine’s

Columnists Susan Estrich - March 31, 2022 0

When I first met Madeleine Albright in the early 1980s, she was still making dinner for the boys. The boys being the members of what we used to call the “priesthood”: the out-of-power Democratic national security team, which, with the exception of Madeleine, looked very much like the priesthood, then and now. The priesthood used to gather regularly to sit down with visiting potentates eager to break bread with the opposition who might be in […]

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The Supreme Court’s Bonnie And Clyde

Columnists Joe Conason - March 26, 2022 0

What is to be done about Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas and his deranged spouse? That vexed question arose again this week when the Washington Post revealed dozens of text messages exchanged by Virginia Thomas, the right-wing jurist’s wife, and White House chief of staff Mark Meadows during the period following the 2020 election. Those messages spectacularly confirmed what The New Yorker and The New York Times have reported in recent months about Ginni Thomas […]

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Consumer Societies Are Clearly Worth Defending

Columnists Froma Harrop - March 24, 2022 0

In his bizarre rant on why he had to invade and savage a peaceful neighbor, Russian President Vladimir Putin accused the West of trying to force “false values” on Russians. Such attitudes, he said, would “erode … our people from within” and “are directly leading to degradation and degeneration.” Putin was referring to the West’s acceptance of homosexuality, but his gripe against decadence clearly extended to the larger definition, an indulgence in luxury. He apparently […]

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Blame Putin

Columnists Susan Estrich - March 21, 2022 0

The average price of gasoline has jumped over $1 since Vladimir Putin moved his army to the border of Ukraine. One dollar. And change. Nationally, the average price of regular gasoline is now $4.30 a gallon. Kid stuff. In California, we pay much more. The Golden State charges gold for gasoline. Good luck getting change for your $100 bill. It won’t be enough to buy a sandwich. But it’s hard to blame Putin for the […]

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Has Ukraine Made Us Hit Bottom On Our Addiction To Oil?

Columnists Froma Harrop - March 20, 2022 0

Well before Russia launched its bloody attack on Ukraine, the civilized world had vowed to replace dirty fossil fuels with clean energy. The reason was climate change: Planet-warming carbon emissions are threatening our way of life, if not today, then tomorrow. The invasion of Ukraine by an unstable Vladimir Putin, however, made yesterday’s concern today’s concern. It has ignited dread of nuclear disaster, primarily in the form of an escalated conflict between Russia and the […]

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