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Perry Mason is not exactly a realistic portrayal of how courtroom trials and lawyers work. The mid-century TV character played by Raymond Burr would often exonerate his clients in a dramatic last-minute reveal while conducting a cross-examination. In a world where 95 percent of criminal cases are resolved through plea deals, and cross-examinations are rarely so theatrical, Perry Mason moments are all but fictional now. But for one brief, shining moment in a Texas courtroom this week, they became all too real. Читать дальше...

Private equity, venture capital, and real estate partners are such greedy pigs that they won’t invest in your town if they have to pay a 37 percent marginal tax on their earnings instead of a 20 percent long-term capital gains tax (23.8 percent if you include an additional net investment tax applied to families that earn more than $250,000).

Are things finally turning around for congressional Democrats? A summer dominated by the Supreme Court’s overturning of Roe v. Wade and explosive January 6 Commission hearings have pushed the party to narrow leads in generic ballot polling. FiveThirtyEight’s tracker now has Democrats and Republicans tied while several recent polls have shown sharp gains for President Biden’s party when voters are asked who they would prefer to have control of Congress. On Tuesday, voters in Kansas—a state that... Читать дальше...

When crime numbers are up, it’s always a hot button political issue. It tends not to matter much why, or what the right solutions might be. Donald Trump, in 2016, tried to make “rising crime” an issue, when crime was not rising. That is not why he won. He rode a populist fervor opposed to immigration and free trade. But the fact that crime becomes a major factor in elections when crime rises is indisputable. Republicans are working hard to paint Democrats as “defunders” of the police, a term that... Читать дальше...

Ayman Al Zawahiri, terrorist and Al Qaeda mastermind, was killed in a targeted U.S. air strike in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Monday. He died with the blood of innocent civilians on his hands.

The conspiracy theory writes itself. Start looking, and you’ll notice how many New York Times crossword puzzles are co-constructed (the preferred term for what most people would refer to as co-written) by a professional crossword constructor and someone with a day job—it’s hard not to see all the artists, web developers, professors, and other titles that imply a degree of wealth and elite connections. As the pandemic handed the work-from-home class extra time for their hobbies, the number of first-timers... Читать дальше...

Pundits across the political spectrum have wondered about what American conservatives might take from the illiberal policies and practices of Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán. But Orbán’s appearance at this year’s Conservative Political Action Conference in Dallas, where Orbán delivered an opening speech Thursday, was a reminder that the relationship between the Orbán’s Hungary and the American Right isn’t instructive, it’s collaborative.