Now, as a spotty rain falls in Beverly Hills, for a few words on the economy. There are several big issues, and it’s impossible to assign a ranking to them. But all of them have the same crisis in common:…

Elizabeth Warren, campaigning for Hillary Clinton on Monday, promised that this election belonged to “nasty women.” Appropriating Trump’s phrase from the third debate, Warren said, “Get this Donald: Nasty women are tough, nasty women are smart and nasty women vote….

On Sunday’s Meet the Press, NY Times columnist Tom “I can’t believe people still take me seriously” Friedman suggested that “maybe the (Republican Party) just needs to crash and burn. This version of the Republican Party needs to die so…

In an interview with WRKO Radio in Boston, former Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling indicated that he is interested in challenging Elizabeth Warren in her Senate re-election bid in 2018. “I would like to be one of the people responsible…

Monday’s front-page New York Times story “Scholarship or Business? Think Tanks Blur the Line” reports that while think tanks in general “are seen as researchers independent of moneyed interests,” some think tank biggies chase money from corporate donors. “And they…

The battle over Airbnb is taking center stage at the Democratic National Convention. The fight is emblematic of the dispute between Republicans and Democrats over who should steer the economy: government regulators, on the one hand, or consumers and business innovators on…