AdjustShareHillary Clinton, liberal virtue, and the cult of the microloanon February 19, 2016An exclusive first look at Thomas Frank’s new book which will be published next month by Metropolitan Books. Frank wrote the Easy Chair column for Harper’s Magazine from 2010 to 2014.he day after International Women’s Day in March 2015, I attended a Clinton Foundation production put on by its No Ceilings initiative at the Best Buy Theater in New York City. It wasn’t a campaign event—the 2016 race had not really started at that point—nor was it a panel discussion, as there were no disagreements among...…AdjustShareHillary Clinton, liberal virtue, and the cult of the microloanon February 19, 2016An exclusive first look at Thomas Frank’s new book which will be published next month by Metropolitan Books. Frank wrote the Easy Chair column for Harper’s Magazine from 2010 to 2014.he day after International Women’s Day in March 2015, I attended a Clinton Foundation production put on by its No Ceilings initiative at the Best Buy Theater in New York City. It wasn’t a campaign event—the 2016 race had not really started at that point—nor was it a panel discussion, as there were no disagreements among...WW…

The county most at risk for coastal flooding is not in Florida, North Carolina or New Jersey, according to the Federal Emergency Management Agency.It’s not even on a coast.It’s Cowlitz County, Wash., population 102,000, about 50 miles inland from the Pacific Ocean on the Columbia River.The ranking comes from a groundbreaking  by FEMA that measures disaster risk in a new way.Instead of analyzing only the likelihood of a disaster and the damage it would cause, FEMA also assessed 78 socioeconomic factors such as a community’s poverty rate, racial composition and church membership,...…The county most at risk for coastal flooding is not in Florida, North Carolina or New Jersey, according to the Federal Emergency Management Agency.It’s not even on a coast.It’s Cowlitz County, Wash., population 102,000, about 50 miles inland from the Pacific Ocean on the Columbia River.The ranking comes from a groundbreaking  by FEMA that measures disaster risk in a new way.Instead of analyzing only the likelihood of a disaster and the damage it would cause, FEMA also assessed 78 socioeconomic factors such as a community’s poverty rate, racial composition and church membership,...WW…

This article is more than 1 year oldThis article is more than 1 year oldTrump’s defeat is a time for celebrating – let us praise God for victory. But let us also show some humility in our triumph, and think about how we got hereLast modified on Wed 20 Jan 2021 22.19 ESTCongratulations to for doing what Hillary Clinton couldn’t, and for somehow managing to do it without forcefulness, without bounce, without zest, without direction and without a real cause, even.It is a time for celebrating. Let us praise God for victory, however meagre and under-whelming. But let us also show some humility...…This article is more than 1 year oldThis article is more than 1 year oldTrump’s defeat is a time for celebrating – let us praise God for victory. But let us also show some humility in our triumph, and think about how we got hereLast modified on Wed 20 Jan 2021 22.19 ESTCongratulations to for doing what Hillary Clinton couldn’t, and for somehow managing to do it without forcefulness, without bounce, without zest, without direction and without a real cause, even.It is a time for celebrating. Let us praise God for victory, however meagre and under-whelming. But let us also show some humility...WW…

In March 2019, a violent tornado plowed through eastern Alabama, flattening houses and demolishing mobile homes. Twenty-three people were killed including four children, ages 10, 9, 8 and 6.Exactly one year later, on March 3, 2020, a tornado gusting at 170 mph ripped through central Tennessee, killing 19 people. Four of the victims were children between the ages of 2 and 7.The twisters spiraled along the ground for only minutes, but they are the two deadliest natural disasters in the United States since the start of 2019. They received fleeting national attention.The mortal storms...…In March 2019, a violent tornado plowed through eastern Alabama, flattening houses and demolishing mobile homes. Twenty-three people were killed including four children, ages 10, 9, 8 and 6.Exactly one year later, on March 3, 2020, a tornado gusting at 170 mph ripped through central Tennessee, killing 19 people. Four of the victims were children between the ages of 2 and 7.The twisters spiraled along the ground for only minutes, but they are the two deadliest natural disasters in the United States since the start of 2019. They received fleeting national attention.The mortal storms...WW…

This article is more than 2 years oldThis article is more than 2 years oldThe former vice-president’s brand of centrism no longer fits the times, but he has spoken up for the party’s traditional baseLast modified on Wed 20 Jan 2021 22.21 ESTThe flaw in this viewpoint is that the consensus days of yore were a dreadful time. What bipartisan centrism meant, , was deliberate, state-sponsored cruelty on a scale so vast it is difficult to comprehend. It meant baked-in racial discrimination. It meant imprisoning enormous numbers of our fellow citizens for using drugs – especially crack cocaine,...…This article is more than 2 years oldThis article is more than 2 years oldThe former vice-president’s brand of centrism no longer fits the times, but he has spoken up for the party’s traditional baseLast modified on Wed 20 Jan 2021 22.21 ESTThe flaw in this viewpoint is that the consensus days of yore were a dreadful time. What bipartisan centrism meant, , was deliberate, state-sponsored cruelty on a scale so vast it is difficult to comprehend. It meant baked-in racial discrimination. It meant imprisoning enormous numbers of our fellow citizens for using drugs – especially crack cocaine,...WW…

The Federal Emergency Management Agency warned last year that a pandemic caused by a novel strain of influenza would cripple the country‘s response capabilities by driving millions of people into overwhelmed hospitals.The report, which was written before the new coronavirus first surfaced in China, offered these prescient predictions: The deluge of patients would create “a shortage of medical supplies, equipment, beds, and healthcare workers.”FEMA‘s warning, issued in July, forecast with stunning accuracy the social, economic and personal devastation that the ongoing pandemic has caused.The...…The Federal Emergency Management Agency warned last year that a pandemic caused by a novel strain of influenza would cripple the country‘s response capabilities by driving millions of people into overwhelmed hospitals.The report, which was written before the new coronavirus first surfaced in China, offered these prescient predictions: The deluge of patients would create “a shortage of medical supplies, equipment, beds, and healthcare workers.”FEMA‘s warning, issued in July, forecast with stunning accuracy the social, economic and personal devastation that the ongoing pandemic has caused.The...WW…