The country has come apart. Rural America has a cure.
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/08/11/rural-america-lessons-local-news/
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Month: August 2023
[The Washington Post] Small towns don’t vote like other rural areas
A Washington Post analysis finds that Trump fared about 12 points worse in small-town precincts than in rural precincts, though small towns overall favored him.
[The Washington Post] An architect of Fox’s success picks a new target: Fox
An architect of Fox’s success picks a new target: Fox
www.washingtonpost.com/media/2023/08/09/preston-padden-murdoch-fox-news-fcc/
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[The Washington Post] Coal country voters demand nothing from the GOP. That’s what they get.
Coal country voters demand nothing from the GOP. That’s what they get.
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/08/10/biden-trump-2024-coal-country/
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Why the Populist Right Hates Universities
American conservatives are taking cues from Hungary’s Viktor Orbán because elite education is a convenient enemy for authoritarian populists. https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2023/08/viktor-orban-illiberalism-ron-desantis-universities/674915/?utm_source=email&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share
Why the Populist Right Hates Universities
American conservatives are taking cues from Hungary’s Viktor Orbán because elite education is a convenient enemy for authoritarian populists. https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2023/08/viktor-orban-illiberalism-ron-desantis-universities/674915/?utm_source=email&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share
******* What the Best Places in America Have in Common
And what they reveal about alleviating poverty across the country https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2023/08/poverty-income-index-deep-disadvantage/674878/?utm_source=email&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share
How I ‘bribed’ a justice to take a no-expenses-paid trip to Mississippi. [The Washington Post]
**** The average doctor in the U.S. makes $350,000 a year. Why? [The Washington Post]
NYTimes.com: Why TSMC Will Keep Its Roots in Taiwan, Even as It Goes Global
Why TSMC Will Keep Its Roots in Taiwan, Even as It Goes Global
In an interview, the chip maker’s chairman, Mark Liu, explained why TSMC’s top tech would stay in Taiwan, despite growing threats from China and worries from the United States.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/04/technology/tsmc-mark-liu.html?smid=em-share