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Jeffrey Sommers

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Americans Need a Raise!

Workers are stuck in a low wage, high cost, rut. We’ve been here before. During the Great Depression labor frequently was paid too little. Franklin...

01.12.2025 9

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Jeffrey Sommers

Escape to Vatra Dornei

The heat dome tour finished its “Old Europe” dates, e.g., Iberia, France, Italy and even the Swiss Alps, of which I caught the last sweltering...

17.07.2025 4

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Jeffrey Sommers

Escape to Vatra Dornet

The heat dome tour finished its “Old Europe” dates, e.g., Iberia, France, Italy and even the Swiss Alps, of which I caught the last sweltering...

17.07.2025 10

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Elon Musk’s Race to Become the World’s First Trillionaire Runs Through Your Social Security and Medicare

The post 2008 financial shock, by necessity, required governments create massive piles of cash to sustain the economy, especially if they were not...

24.02.2025 10

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JD Vance Against Democracy: Munich Security Conference, or Munich Beer Hall?

America’s Vice-President, JD Vance’s comments this week on democracy ring nicely to the ear of some, but are off key on the musical score of...

18.02.2025 10

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Was Carter’s Flawed Presidency, the Best the US Can Expect?

Jimmy Carter’s body has been interned after a century of energetic engagement on the earth’s surface. But his legacy remains debated as observed...

09.01.2025 10

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Swing State Politics

It’s the final countdown for America’s Presidential race. Trump’s failed summer debate debacle is a dimmed memory, as is the sugar high of...

13.10.2024 2

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