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Joe Biden has come a long way since his days as a vociferous drug warrior. But judging from last week’s election results, Americans have come further.
The president-elect now opposes the mandatory minimum sentences and death penalties he once championed, and he portrays himself as a reformer determined to ameliorate the mass incarceration he promoted for decades. But Biden’s approach to drug policy...

The academic achievement gap between black and white students has proven resistant to most educational policy changes. Some say that educational expenditures explain the gap, but is that true? Look at educational per pupil expenditures: Baltimore city...

Yale University has fancy dining halls. They pay no property tax.
Local restaurants struggle to compete, but their tax burden makes that hard.
“We basically pay one-third of our rent in taxes!” complains Matt West, manager of Koon Thai Restaurant. “Yale is a money-making machine.”...

Mr. President, there’s only one way to win this now. You need proof. Hard evidence. And witnesses who participated in the robbery.
You need to create a new reality show, “Who Wants to Be an Instant Democratic Millionaire … and Get Full Immunity?”
That’s one hell of a reality show title. That offer will be a game changer. That offer will change America’s future. That offer will save capitalism. That offer will save the Silent Majority and the great American middle class....