I live in New York City. "Proud Democratic Socialist" Zohran Mamdani is likely to be my next mayor. I'm not happy about it. But I am outnumbered. Mamdani is popular. He won more primary votes than any other candidate in the city's history. Minneapolis may also elect a socialist ...

Donald Trump's conquering of the country is complete. The blows he's inflicted on American democracy will take a lifetime to heal. The president fired the Bureau of Labor Statistics chief, a woman, for a poor jobs and growth report. That is a death knell — or a deep chill — for honest ...

The call came late on a Friday afternoon, in August 2024. “Joe, how would like some shoes?” 2,500 pair of high-end retail shoes and boots later, we had the opportunity to distribute needed footwear throughout our community. Why United Way of Northeast Michigan? Why now? Connections and ...

There's something funny in scandal politics when people accuse each other of pushing a "distraction." So if Donald Trump tries to change the subject to Russia collusion-hoaxing, it's a "distraction" from the media's energetic Jeffrey Epstein obsession. All this really proves is that the ...

Human nature being what it is, if you have friends who are doctors or lawyers, be honest, you've probably abused that friendship by trying to get some advice on this or that without having to pay their huge fees. Right? To a lesser degree the same "freebie" mentality sometimes applies to ...

I spent much of the 1990s as secretary of labor. One unit of the Labor Department is the Bureau of Labor Statistics. I was instructed by my predecessors as well as by the White House, and by every labor economist and statistician I came in contact with, that one of my cardinal ...