I'm going to make my own outlandish prediction: if you thought 2018 was a pink wave, you ain't seen nothin' yet. I predict more women will run for office up and down the ballot than ever in US history. State houses are going to be flooded with women, even in the reddest States. Liz Cheney might even be reelected.

A well reasoned argument is like a diamond: impervious to corruption and crystal clear - and infinitely rarer.

Here, as elsewhere, people are outraged at what feels like a rigged game -- an economy that won't respond, a democracy that won't listen, and a financial sector that holds all the cards. - Robert Reich