Nabisco’s outsourcing wreaked havoc on its American workforce. The Republican tax plan could prompt even more manufacturers to move operations out of the United States.Â
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The French Right Goes Wrong
France’s Republican Party has chosen a new leader, Laurent Wauquiez, who did not hesitate to divide the party in order to conquer it. Now, having expelled his erstwhile comrades of the center-right, he has no alternative but to try to poach voters from the extremist Front National.
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A Constitutional Crisis Is on the Way
Would Trump fire Robert Mueller? You bet he would.
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The War on Federal Employees
For years, they’ve been attacked as lazy. Now they’re attacked as disloyal. What they really are is independent—and empiricists.
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Feminist Men Commit Sexual Assault Too
The world isn’t divided into Roy Moore-like predators and angels.
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Trent Franks, Al Franken, and The Handmaid’s Tale
What’s worse? A boss who thinks you should have his baby, or a guy who grabs you at a photo op?
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Such a Bad Deal: Trump and Jerusalem
In his declaration on Jerusalem, Trump showed yet again that business is no training for diplomacy.
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Booze, Women, and Movies: Chuck Grassley Couldn’t Be More Wrong about Taxpayers
Grassley’s characterizations of ordinary Americans are not only callous, but also patently false.
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Trump, Moore, and the Party of Men
Republicans have long had a woman problem, but Donald Trump is backing the GOP into a corner over sexual harassment.
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Al Franken: The Tragedy and the Travesty
The Senate Democrats succeeded in throwing Al Franken under the bus. They may come to regret it.
