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What caused the French Revolution? – Tom Mullaney

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What rights do people have, and where do they come from? Who gets to make decisions for others, and on what authority? And how can we organize society to meet people’s needs? Tom Mullaney shows how these questions challenged an entire nation during the upheaval of the French Revolution.

Lesson by Tom…

Tim Mullaney: The SEC may be doing Tesla a favor with its lawsuit

We interrupt this week’s flood of Washington hubris with reminders of the same from the other side of the country — thanks to the Securities and Exchange Commission’s securities fraud case against Tesla Chief Executive Elon Musk.

His offense, it says, was to post a series of what-was-he-thinking tweets about a mythical takeover offer for Tesla

Tim Mullaney: Exaggerating the economy’s strength may lead the Fed — and you — to make mistakes

All of a sudden, the very same economy that has been chugging slowly along since about 2010 is described, seemingly everywhere, as being in a “boom.”

White House economic council chief Larry Kudlow thinks so, but he always does when Republicans are in charge. But even people who should know better, like New York Times columnist Tom Friedman, are falling into the trap.

Even some at the Federal…

Tim Mullaney: At the border, Trump and his bumbling felons defend the rule of law

Two stories in yesterday’s news jump out. One is Donald Trump working himself into a not-even-bothering-to-sugarcoat-the-racism lather over little kids whose parents want to bring them to America, followed by Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen repeating demonstrably-false talking points about Trump’s policy of forcing toddler children of a… MarketWatch.com – Top Stories

Tim Mullaney: Tesla’s woes are easy to fix — if Elon Musk’s ego allows it

Tesla’s problem is so simple even cheerleaders can solve it, or begin to:

“Hey hey, ho ho,’’ they might cry. “Elon Musk needs a COO.’’

The electric-car maker’s stock TSLA, -0.53% has slumped 16% since its closing peak this year at $ 357… MarketWatch.com – Top Stories

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