Weil's Notes from a Corner of the Country
Commentary on government, politics and the economy
Friday, October 25, 2019
Drugs, suicides cut life expectancy, help sustain Social Security
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Gordon L. Weil Important and worrying truths, even for people far from retirement, are hidden behind in the plentiful advice about Social Se...
Friday, October 18, 2019
"Deep state" and other political myths we believe
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Gordon L. Weil People can mistake politicians' bluster for boldness and wisdom. Making political assertions without substance has creat...
Saturday, October 12, 2019
A newspaper ends, the public loses; on the closing of a paper for which I have written
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Gordon L. Weil This is the last day of the Journal Tribune and, like its readers, I will miss it. I have had the privilege of having my co...
Friday, October 11, 2019
Americans ignorant of mounting nuclear threat
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Gordon L. Weil A country with nuclear weapons and long-range missiles, increasingly ready to use them, last week abruptly broke off negotiat...
Friday, October 4, 2019
Impeachment: Pelosi vs. Trump
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Gordon L. Weil House Speaker Nancy Pelosi had a plan: no impeachment of President Trump. As the highest-ranking elected Democrat, she could ...
Friday, September 27, 2019
Trump's free-wheeling made impeachment inquiry inevitable
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Gordon L. Weil For Donald Trump, the United States of America is his business. He runs the U.S. government like a subsidiary of The Trump Or...
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