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This is Vivek Ramaswamy’s moment. After a performance in the first Republican debate that upstaged the rest of the teeming field of GOP afterthoughts, the businessman was deemed to have stolen the show as the MAGA-iest candidate on the debate stage. “It is not morning in America,” he said. “We’re living in a dark moment.” 

It was hard to watch that Mitch McConnell video. That’s the second time he’s gone blanko in recent weeks in front of the cameras. We have no idea how often it’s happened when he wasn’t in front of the cameras. But odds are pretty good those aren’t the only two times.

On the debate stage in Milwaukee last week, the eight Republican candidates in attendance got a surprising question from the moderators: Do you believe in human-caused climate change? Only Vivek Ramaswamy, the 38-year-old former pharmaceutical executive who has seen a surprising spike in polling over the summer, seemed to have a sound bite ready.

Labor Day may be September 4, but it will remain summer, and therefore Hot Labor Summer, until the September 23 autumnal equinox, by which time the United Auto Workers (UAW) may be on strike. UAW workers last week voted overwhelmingly to authorize strikes at Ford, GM, and Stellantis (the Big Three auto manufacturer formerly known as Fiat Chrysler), and if negotiators don’t agree on a contract by September 14, says UAW President Shawn Fain, 150,000 workers will walk off the job.

If you purchased a physical object recently, there’s a pretty good chance it traveled on a truck to get to you. That’s a good thing: There’s little doubt that truckers are playing a useful role in interstate commerce any time they’re shepherding goods to our doors. But does an empty truck still carry something? The Supreme Court may have to answer this very Zen question in a potential upcoming case involving trucking companies, insurance policies, and the lower courts that split trying to solve this existential dilemma. Читать дальше...

For millions of students, the global pandemic fundamentally altered one of the most important questions many young people face: Is going to college worth the cost? Suddenly without the dorms, dining halls, and larger “college experience,” a few hours of remote instruction spent tucked away in their childhood home looked different. Even after colleges and universities opened their doors again, the doubt persisted. After years of skyrocketing expenses, many had hit a breaking point, questioning not just whether a degree was worth what is... Читать дальше...