America Is Heading Straight Into Its Most Avoidable Crisis Ever
Aug. 21, 2017 |
Good morning from the nation's capital, where President Trump faces multiple political challenges on his return from a working vacation. Fred Lucas looks at possible effects of a chief strategist's departure. Trump could show renewed leadership in reducing the threat posed by the national debt, Chase Flowers and Justin Bogie suggest. Plus: Elizabeth Slattery and Melanie Israel on a rare loss for Planned Parenthood, and Peter Parisi on an odd defense of Al Gore's outsize energy use. It's Senior Citizens Day. |
CommentaryAmerica Is Heading Straight Into Its Most Avoidable Crisis EverThe federal debt is projected to increase from $20 trillion to $92 trillion in the next 30 years, according to the most recent long-term projections from the Congressional Budget Office. |
CommentaryAl Gore's Carbon Footprint HypocrisyHow much energy the former vice president consumes becomes an issue with the theatrical release of the follow-up to "An Inconvenient Truth," his 2006 global warming horror film. |
News'Hillary-Lite Administration'? Conservatives Worry About Bannon Ouster"There is no question that Steve Bannon was one of the only people who could keep Trump true to Trumpism," says Mark Krikorian of the Center for Immigration Studies. |
NewsWhy Patricia Heaton Is a Problem for FeministsOn this week's "Problematic Women," we discuss actress Patricia Heaton's powerful response to CBS News' report that Down syndrome is "disappearing" in Iceland. |
CommentaryCourt Decision Gives Hope to States Trying to Defund Planned ParenthoodArkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson announced in August 2015 that the state would terminate its contract following the release of videos that raised disturbing allegations that Planned Parenthood profited from the sale of organs from aborted babies. |
NewsTrump Justice Department Ends Operation Choke Point"The Obama administration created this ill-advised program to suffocate legitimate businesses to which it was ideologically opposed by intimidating financial institutions into denying banking services to those businesses," says a group of GOP lawmakers. |
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