Joe Biden's deer-in-the-headlights moment during his debate with Donald Trump certainly was newsworthy and rightly raised questions about his fitness to serve. The real question, though, is why in the media’s coverage of the event did his poor performance at the beginning of the debate overshadow Trump’s flood of lies, vagueness on policy, refusal to unequivocally support the results of the election, and occasional incoherence?
The country’s soaring national debt is not just a testament to our lack of fiscal responsibility but also a reflection of our loss of national identity. Fixing the debt problem so that it no [...]
What are our national priorities? Fiscal responsibility, apparently, is not one of them. Otherwise, Republicans in Congress would not use the debt ceiling – and the threat of default – as a bargaining chip. Or [...]
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