Milwaukee A funny thing happened on the way to the 2020 presidential primaries in the long shadow of the Great Recession of 2007: Democrats are finally discovering the tenants living right under their noses, and the fact that the American dream is no longer home ownership, it’s affordable housing. One candidate after another, elbowing to …
Neo-Communists
Chicago It used to be a daily thing, now, thankfully, sometimes weeks will go by without some rightwing troll hurling a word bomb my way. I read them sometimes, if I’m not familiar with the author in order to see if there’s a new twist or something imaginative in the effort of insult. For me, …
Giving Some Love to Postal Banking
New Orleans The rise of interstate banking since 1980 has led to countless consolidations as major money center banks have reduced headquarters locations and branches where customers can easily do financial business. The Wall Street Journal reported that 1700 branches closed in a one-year period highlighting a trend after acceleration up to 2009 when …