Is Trump only going to cut small programs? on February 26, 2017Robert Redford says an Office of Management and Budget memo suggesting the Trump administration might try to eliminate the National Endowment for the Arts is “another example of our democracy being threatened.” The actor, director and independent-film booster explains that “arts are essential” because “they describe and critique our society.” Democracy probably would survive the […]
Democrats no longer care that their soda tax hits the poor hardest on May 1, 2016When Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders argued about soda taxes last week, neither of them mentioned obesity. That striking omission reflects a shift in tactics by advocates of a special levy on sugar-sweetened drinks who have started emphasizing the good that can be done with the resulting revenue instead of the evil that can be […]