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Hitting our heads against a beautiful border wall

Illegal immigration from Mexico is yesterday’s problem. Last year, more Mexicans left the United States than entered, according to the Pew Research Center. But if Donald Trump were to follow...

DATE: Jan 27, 2017 | CATEGORY: Froma Harrop

Boycotts can be considered a form of speech

“Boycott campaigns have a long history in this country and elsewhere.” Liberals have organized a campaign to boycott Simon & Schuster over its planned publication of a book by alt...

DATE: Jan 20, 2017 | CATEGORY: Froma Harrop

The people saved the ethics office, not the tweets

That went over well. In the darkness of night on a federal holiday, House Republicans voted to kill the Office of Congressional Ethics. That would have shut down independent investigations o...

DATE: Jan 6, 2017 | CATEGORY: Froma Harrop

Blue-state Americans can keep health coverage

My liberal sister, a hospital worker, staunchly supports Obamacare on moral grounds. Marsha believes that no American should go without needed medical attention for lack of money. But does t...

DATE: Dec 23, 2016 | CATEGORY: Froma Harrop

Trump swindles and blows off the working class

A friend of mine, an expert car mechanic, once told me of losing $30,000 in a commodity deal. It was one of those investment swindles then making the rounds. I asked my friend whether he fel...

DATE: Dec 16, 2016 | CATEGORY: Froma Harrop

Trump wants to run with the real billionaires

Donald Trump has long sold himself to a credulous public as a business genius worth many billions. So it was something of an inconvenience when New York Times reporter Timothy O’Brien put Tr...

DATE: Dec 9, 2016 | CATEGORY: Froma Harrop

Hold the urchin tongues and cook like Grandma

’Tis the season to do cooking. And the holidays are when folks yearn for the old classics, just like ones we used to know. Even some hardcore “foodies” put away the experimental cuisine and ...

DATE: Dec 2, 2016 | CATEGORY: Froma Harrop

Goodbye, Facebook. You have proven yourself evil

Dear Facebook friends, If you don’t see me gushing over the pix of your Thanksgiving pies, take no offense. It’s not that your pie is a bore (though, frankly, it is). And it’s not...

DATE: Nov 18, 2016 | CATEGORY: Froma Harrop

A political Sept. 11 is changing the world we live in

Like the 2001 terrorist attacks, the Donald Trump upset win threatens Americans’ sense of safety and continuity. Financial markets went into convulsions, just as they did on that Sept. 11. T...

DATE: Nov 11, 2016 | CATEGORY: Froma Harrop

More is not always merrier in our congested cities

New York and San Francisco are expensive places to live. That’s a big problem for the nation because these cities are centers for the booming knowledge economy. High housing costs discourage...

DATE: Apr 9, 2015 | CATEGORY: Froma Harrop

Saved from Larry Summers at the Federal Reserve

The week opened nicely with news that Lawrence Summers had taken his name out of the running for the Federal Reserve chairman job. We won’t be subjected to the notoriously unpleasant Summers...

DATE: Sep 19, 2013 | CATEGORY: Froma Harrop