#Crying ‘whataboutism’ doesn’t make left’s support for rioting go away

#Crying ‘whataboutism’ doesn’t make left’s support for rioting go away

“#Crying ‘whataboutism’ doesn’t make left’s support for rioting go away” “Whataboutism is the last refuge for someone who can’t admit they’re wrong,” says journalist Tod Perry, who demands that we “stop equating Trump’s Capitol insurrection to Black Lives Matter protests.” The Atlantic’s David A. Graham likewise declares that conservatives’ “complaints about double standards are mostly…

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#The NYC exodus that de Blasio refuses to see

#The NYC exodus that de Blasio refuses to see

“#The NYC exodus that de Blasio refuses to see” Mayor de Blasio released his new, bigger-than-ever city budget this week pretending that federal aid would make up for City Hall’s losses thanks to the pandemic. And, worse than that delusion, he still hasn’t faced up to how his policies had New York shrinking long before…

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#Trump’s parting shot to Xi should be recognizing Taiwan

#Trump’s parting shot to Xi should be recognizing Taiwan

“#Trump’s parting shot to Xi should be recognizing Taiwan” President Trump’s two greatest foreign-policy accomplishments both involve departures from outmoded paradigms that had, for decades, enraptured bipartisan neoliberal elites: unprecedented Arab-Israeli rapprochement in the Middle East and an assertive China containment strategy in the Asia-Pacific. On the former front, Trump boldly departed from the misbegotten…

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#Andrew Cuomo’s poisonous green dreams

#Andrew Cuomo’s poisonous green dreams

“#Andrew Cuomo’s poisonous green dreams” Despite declaring that the state’s economy is in a recession, Gov. Cuomo this week still announced a new $26 billion clean-energy plan that’s guaranteed to make it that much harder to get good times rolling again. “We must replace fossil-fuel plants with clean power. There are no ifs, ands or…

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#Letters to the editor — Jan. 16, 2021

#Letters to the editor — Jan. 16, 2021

“#Letters to the editor — Jan. 16, 2021” The Issue: Google, Apple and Amazon banning right-wing social-media app Parler from their stores. Many of my left-leaning friends are overjoyed with Amazon, Google and Apple combining their powers to pull the plug on their ideological rival, Parler (“Big Tech Goes Full Cartel,” Editorial, Jan. 11). Parler…

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#Rich people are more likely to socially distance: study

#Rich people are more likely to socially distance: study

“#Rich people are more likely to socially distance: study” Thanks to better health care access, job stability and a cushy home, the wealthy are socially distancing at higher rates than low-income households. Economic researchers at Johns Hopkins University have identified a stark metric: People making more than $230,000 per year are up to 54% more…

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