Wednesday 12 September 2018

Opinions P.M.: Spare us more ‘successes’ like Hurricane Maria

Opinions P.M.
 
Spare us more 'successes' like Hurricane Maria
Trump's disasters begin to look the same.
The Plum Line
Can Democrats take the Senate? It's unlikely, but there are paths.
What seemed far-fetched only weeks ago is now a real possibility.
 
What the Herald Sun's Serena Williams cartoon reveals about Australia's racial history
In Australia, racist visual representation of black Australians by non-Indigenous artists has a long history.
 
Trump will throw America a roll of paper towels when he's finished
Exact trajectory hard to predict.
 
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New census data show gains to low- and middle-income families but stalled progress on health coverage
Middle-class income rose and poverty fell last year. But health coverage stalled, and gains were diminished relative to earlier in the expansion.
 
Act Four
Norm Macdonald is right to shun topicality
It's overrated — and kind of pointless these days.
 
America to Trump: We'll take the media over you any day
The free press is winning.
 
The WorldPost
You're probably breathing dangerous air
A recent World Health Organization report said that nine out of 10 people on the planet breathe dangerous air.
 
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Trump is going to write his own book — and this will be a huge chapter
Trump denounces Bob Woodward's latest book, "Fear: Trump in the White House", as a "...big, fat ugly book with all the misquotes and all the lies".
 
Is it okay to steal back looted colonial-era treasures?
China and India are putting their former Western colonizers on notice: They want their looted treasures-- and dignity-- back.
 
Democrats must win first, then tackle this action plan
A seven-point agenda to govern wisely.
 
Three big takeaways from the financial crisis
Ten years on, what have we learned?
 
 
Why do people stay put during hurricanes? Here's what psychology says.
We've seen great advances in our ability to give advance warnings of hurricanes. Now we need to get better at persuading people to act on that information.
 
Trump's decline creates a quandary for Republicans on the ballot
An increasingly unpopular president may be ballot-box poison for the GOP in November's midterm elections.
 
The Plum Line
The anti-Trump backlash is gathering force. These new polls confirm it.
That backlash is about to collide with the GOP's structural and countermajoritarian bulwark.
 
 
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