I agree the pundits have got it wrong, especially on the left, and that you need a candidate that can reasonably appeal to the moderates especially. The media markets and editorial sections are largely liberal so there is a bias. Liberal Twitter and Splinter aren’t indicative of the electorate as a whole. Progressives…

Hopefully because in Pennsylvania, it is the Dem Governor that will be blocking single ticket voting/open primaries and in Democratic controlled New Jersey, the political machine blocked the legalization of cannabis. 

This could also end up backfiring. Republicans are going to come prepared to focus their questions on the origins of the investigation which will be on the Steele dossier, paid Clinton opposition research, FISA, and monitoring of a campaign. If any of these things produce something with the slightest amount of truth…

If you think Trump is A-OK, nothing Mueller says is likely to change your mind and if you think he is a degenerate, then again, nothing is likely to change your mind. I don’t see public opinion moving in any substantial way.

Commenter is right but Mueller is already effectively on the record and that is the point. Americans aren’t going to read the whole report and most politicians apparently are too lazy to show up to read the un-redacted one.

We are a long way out so the polling at this point is largely meaningless. While we are a long way out, electability matters because if the Democrats go with someone that is too far left, we could end up with a 1972 scenario where Nixon absolutely clobbered McGovern.

I live in Seattle, if you ask most people that same question, you will get a similar answer. Income taxes are actually low but cost of living is still really high and many people are transplants and will end up leaving to go home or elsewhere where it is more affordable.

Congratulations. I didn’t need the English degree to read this or lots of other books. Unless this is the only job you ever plan on having or the only field you ever plan on working in, there is also an opportunity cost that goes along with the actual cost of the degree versus and its associated ROI.

I live in a high cost location with low income taxes. I ultimately do plan to leave because this high cost of living negatively impacts quality of living be it housing costs, costs of food, the commutes are brutal, etc. It isn’t simply a tax matter as is seeming to be indicated here. 

States and localities aren’t writing these companies a check but if done correctly, a company has lower taxes and/or operating costs, when the number of jobs created meets the target, the abatements or credits go into effect. These jobs wouldn’t be there otherwise and the juridiction(s) in theory are receiving…

A childhood and family friend played for about 5 years in the NFL and his transition out seems like it has been hard. His time in the NFL didn’t live up to the expectations that he or is family had and this is really helpful in trying to understand his mindset, so thank you for writing.

Sure, but if you leave with a degree in nuclear engineering, those benefits directly translate into the labor market with an average starting salary of $82k. I also had plenty of classes before 18 and there are plenty of schools where students are basically thrown in a room with some books.

In 1998, in-state tuition at my state university was $6,100 (fall and spring semesters, 12 or more credits). By 2008 it was $14,000 and today it is $18,500. In 20 years the tuition has risen 3X. The value of the degree hasn’t gone up 3X and with improvements in technology for delivering education, content, and…

This is the ability to trade on likeness. Not sure how this can be enforced. Would the state really cut funding to UCLA or Cal if they blocked and suspended a player?

You really think that?

Couldn’t you have read all those works for the price of a library card and if you want to get fancy, a Kindle and a few dollars a novel?

Mark Cuban famously highlighted this as well. There is going to be a default on this debt and the holders will be bailed out by the tax payer, one way or another. 

I assume this is just hyperbole but aside from Trump’s statement in the Access Holywood tape which included “they let you,” which could imply consent, the legal burden is always to prove guilt beyond a reasonable doubt. Trump is a degenerate but I wouldn’t shred the foundations and principles of our legal system on…

Is it easier? I don’t agree, the numbers are smaller and more attention is paid at the state level. The federal government is corrupt on a much larger scale. Purdue is actually bringing down the cost of tuition and that model is more likely to be adopted across Indiana.

Most of the losses are structured by major programs to show a loss but in reality, like elsewhere at the university, the salries of administrators are bloated. When teammates of mine won national titles in wrestling, the AD hit his bonus target and made tens of thousands of dollars.