Friday has arrived. Hallelujah. Politics is in the air today.
If Trump is reelected, and it could still happen, here’s what he has on his policy agenda for a second term. Clear as mud.
David Brooks covers a lot of ground in this column. He goes from Covid-19 to the economic crisis to racial awareness to social justice activism to a republican party on the verge of implosion. There’s a lot going on. He’s nostalgic for the old ways of government – “Over the last half century, we’ve turned politics from a practical way to solve common problems into a cultural arena to display resentments.” – and declares Joe Biden his candidate. Brooks was always a moderate conservative, which these days apparently means you’re a Democrat.
Another moderate conservative, Peggy Noonan, looks to the future, and in that future the president is not Donald Trump.
Is the DUA the new RMV? It’s looking that way.
And when quid pro quo turns out to be quid pro nihilo, and the city is repeatedly left empty handed, maybe it’s time to rethink how public safety union negotiations are handled. Andrew Ryan and Matt Rocheleau delve.