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An opposing view to Patrick White’s letter regarding residential tax exemptions

The residential tax exemption is not a targeted response to this important issue it is purported to be addressing. It will do nothing to make housing more affordable.

Alan Chartock: The doctor is in

Just because you’d like it doesn’t mean it will happen. It will not. If it did, you would have to figure out how to placate those little states that make out like bandits because of the Electoral College and the undue influence that it gives to them.

POEM: Of Toads & Men

“How in the world can these senators walk around here upright when they have no backbone?”

Alan Chartock: Adam Schiff — a Congressman with courage

Let’s face it: The American republican democracy is at a potential turning point.

ORANGE ALERT: The (almost) daily outrage

The obvious answer is that he’s getting away with something, and everyone knows it.

No-trial impeachment ‘trial’

In his letter Stewart Edelstein of Stockbridge writes: "We, the people, demand a fair trial, not a show trial with a preordained result."

Alan Chartock: Predictions for 2020

Every year it is my solemn duty to share my predictions for the coming year.

Historians recommend impeachment to protect Constitution

In a letter to the editor, Justin F. Jackson writes, "It is my considered judgment, and the judgment of more than 2,000 historians, that if President Trump’s misconduct does not rise to the level of impeachment, and removal from office, then virtually nothing does."

CAPITAL IDEAS: Did it even happen?

Maybe an average-ish return, to you, is like getting gym socks in your stocking. But it’s better than losing your shirt.

BOOK REVIEW: ‘A Warning’ a chilling account of the Trump administration that’s not easily put down

At the end of the day, what’s most important is what Anonymous has been a witness to, and what we learn about our commander in chief.

Alan Chartock: Onward with impeachment

Trump has basically argued that he is above the law. His attorney general supports that view. That’s the way dictatorships begin.

CONNECTIONS: Polarizer in chief

If everything is reduced to for and against, then it is reduced to choosing sides. And if that is how “news” is presented, why are we surprised that the country is “polarized”?

CAPITAL IDEAS: The growth vs. value of high school reunions

Our shift from growth to value throughout last year has been small in magnitude and snail-slow. We didn’t want to get too defensive and lose out on the upside, and value stocks allow for the possibility of participating on the upside.

Alan Chartock: And in other news….

This governor really cares about making a splash. The splash is so important that he doesn’t seem to care that he is mixing it up with someone who he thinks has been unfair to him.
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