This article was published in Air Mail on August 23rd. TWO CHEERS FOR GERRYMANDERING As F. Scott Fitzgerald said, “The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in the mind at the same time, and still retain the ability to function.” In coming months, Democrats are going to need …
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8.29 By a 7-4 decision, a U.S. appeals court rules that most of Donald Trump‘s tariffs are illegal. 8.29 The Daily Beast: “Minnesota Sen. Tina Smith excoriated Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for suggesting that antidepressants could have caused Wednesday’s deadly shooting at a church in Minneapolis, where two children died …
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Tim Hart and I visited Saratoga Performing Arts Center for the 10th Annual Outlaw Festival featuring Bob Dylan, Willie Nelson, Lucinda Williams, and Jeff Tweedy and Wilco. Highlights included “All Along the Watchtower” and a sped-up version of “Desolation Row” from Dylan, “How Time Slips Away” from Nelson, “Jesus’ Son” from Wilco, and “Change the …