Nancy Pelosi absolutely wins this round.  Trump has little hope of winning reelection without some sort of wall, even if it is like a 3' white picket fence.

Government employees are certain to get back pay as quickly as possible.  Employees of contractors won't get Jack.

Two commenters pointed out that Adams letter says there are no black colleagues. If an impromptu black mentor on staff is not an option.  But, Adam might risk his job if he assumes that role, because how the family of B would react is unknown.

Adam should not under any circumstances use the knife analogy with B and speak to a black teacher who won’t suffer fallout or any administrator willing to take a risk. Adam can only address white students use of the “N” word by capturing a recording of students using it, or social media. Imagine if B and his family…

Ticket prices may drop to standby prices and you might have to wait two days to get a connection at a hub, here and there, but probably the industry will limp along. Unions don’t have to strike industries that are grinding to a halt by themselves. To the union, the truly chilling fear, is that things can continue to…

As there does not seem to be agreement, this shutdown can continue until people on SNAP and Federal workers get hungry. That seems to be when parties will be most motivated to resolve the situation.  The President could lay off many Federal workers, at EPA, for example, and free business from regulation for a couple…

Why is it O.K. that the Union allows this? Every one of those factory workers is a member of a Union, brothers and sisters.

Those barbarians!

Isn’t there a risk that women dressed as a baseball might be perceived as too fast? Will there be sizes for women with curves?  Any woman dressed as the Bey-ball would be a good catch.

Another way to read the alleged rapist's attorney denying that the DNA is proof of rape is that the defense might claim insemination can happen another way.  A baster?  A sexual act short of penetration?  This could be a hint of some very creative defense.

Starbucks sounds like a better deal if described as ground coffee instead of as coffee grounds.

Starbucks sounds like a better deal if described as ground coffee instead of as coffee grounds.

Prior to Trump’s birther crusade, he was sought after by advertisers to sell products to a black demographic that liked his gold plated style and association with black entertainers and athlete’s . Trump has not grasped that birtherism changed that. He continues to believe black people like him.

There was a constitutional amendment to impose an income tax.  A wealth tax also requires a constitutional amendment.  

Insulin use in the US may be flat, but the global need for insulin is skyrocketing, effectively an international, life and death, bidding war. There are only three companies producing the most modern and popular products. Many type 2 diabetics can almost cure themselves if they choose to be gym rats. An hour at the…

Phillips may have committed assault, by getting so close into Sandmann's personal space and banging on a drum.

I used to tell foreigners that in America, politics is like a sport, O.K. to talk about, to debate loudly, because it is not usually so serious. In much of Europe, Politics is dirty laundry, not fit for dinner conversation. And hearing Americans discuss politics really bothers Western Europeans. It seems like I won’t…

But, wages and salaries are going up, went up 3.1% on an annual basis in 2018 Q3.

The Covington Teens involved in the current media maelstrom were maybe ten or eleven years old when photos were taken of previous classes in blackface.   Using the same logic, many of the major performing artists of today, including POC might be publicly pilloried and blaclisted for performing at venues where…

The guy is probably a subcontractor in a difficult position, perhaps had to pay the rental company for use of the machine before he could get paid.

SpaceX could probably launch a mission by the end of 2020. Obviously it wouldn’t land on Mars by then. All we have to do is accept a high level of risk of Columbia or Apollo 13 type disasters, of an accident killing a landing party, supply failures and a risk that the astronauts might be marooned on Mars. But, on…