NotableThis is why our rivers are turning into sewers. “The solution is not to eliminate the farms that supply our meat. It’s to treat them like any other factories.” — Michael Grunwald, a contributing Opinion writer Trump is the ultimate Davos man. “He is not traveling to Switzerland to go on a listening tour. He is traveling to Switzerland with the expectation that everyone will listen to him — and fall in line.” — Michael B.G. Froman, the president of the Council on Foreign Relations Bach doesn’t need a glow-up. “Mozart was not a rock star. He’s something better: He’s Mozart.” — Evan Shinners, a pianist and harpsichordist Spotlight
How Much Can One Man Make From Being President?The president took an oath to serve the American people. Instead, he’s focused his second term on enriching himself and his family. ICYMIIn Minneapolis, I glimpsed a civil war. “What the White House has called Operation Metro Surge is definitely not just — or even primarily — an immigration enforcement operation. It is an occupation designed to punish and terrorize anyone who dares defy this incursion and, by extension, Trump’s power to wield limitless force against any enemy he wishes.” — Lydia Polgreen, Opinion columnist More in OpinionIn Your WordsRe: “Dear America, We’d Like to Speak to the Manager” Isn’t it odd that the U.S.A. got through the entire Cold War, including the J.F.K. Cuban missile crisis, without owning Greenland?— A comment posted by Commenter from Minnesota Read more comments on the story here and check out our Letters to the Editor.
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