Has anyone else been scratching their head over the candidacy of Vivek Ramaswamy (I call him "RamaSmarmy")? He's as slippery as an eel, as principled as Trump and as personable as DeSantis - a triple threat! (To democracy).

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