To Comfort The Afflicted
And Afflict The Comfortable

To Comfort The Afflicted And Afflict The Comfortable

Thursday, March 28, 2024

Observercast

Broken Windows

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BY SUSAN ESTRICH In 1982, James Q. Wilson and his Harvard colleague George Kelling offered a simple idea that had a profound effect on policing: “If a window in a building is broken and is left unrepaired, all the rest of the windows will soon be broken.” And that is not simply a blight for […]

Justice Kavanaugh

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BY SUSAN ESTRICH He will be confirmed, barring some totally unexpected development. He has been vetted by the investigators. He has been vetted by the media. The Republicans have the votes. The Democrats’ best argument is against the invocation of executive privilege; the documents should have been disclosed, but getting the country to rally around […]

Will You Win The ‘Throw Your Money At Amazon’ Sweepstakes?

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BY JIM HIGHTOWER How much are you paying Amazon? I don’t mean how much you’re shelling out for that set of bed linens or the latest computer gizmo you bought. No, no. I’m asking how much money you and your neighbors are simply givingto the world’s largest and richest online retailer. If you live in […]

Identity Politics Are A Double-Edged Sword

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BY FROMA HARROP The recent primaries, particularly on the Democratic side, have unleashed a pack of first-ism cliches. If elected in November, Andrew Gillum would become “Florida’s first black governor” [CNN]. Stacey Abrams in Georgia could be “America’s first black female governor” [Time]. Jared Polis, the Democratic nominee in Colorado, could become “America’s first openly […]

Here’s To People Who Work With Their Hands

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BY FROMA HARROP After leaving high school, my father worked in factories and drove trucks. College was never in the cards for him. Though a good thinker – the Navy put him in a program dominated by college grads – he never excelled academically. And in any case, he had parents and young brothers to […]