Don't Bogart My Blog: Sunday Best: What do you want politicians to know?

Sunday, July 7, 2019

Sunday Best: What do you want politicians to know?

These middle-class families have a few ideas.

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Sunday, July 7, 2019

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Many of us just celebrated America's independence by scarfing hot dogs, watching fireworks light up the sky and waxing poetic about how wonderful the country is. Sure, there are plenty of wonderful things about America, but the makers of this video Op-Ed think "the myth of America as the greatest nation on earth is at best outdated and at worst, wildly inaccurate. Comparing the United States of America on global indicators reveals we have fallen well behind Europe — and share more in common with 'developing countries' than we'd like to admit." — Alexandra March

"Only Ivanka Has Keepsakes From the Demilitarized Zone"

Ivanka Trump in South Korea on Sunday. Kevin Lamarque/Reuters

By FRANK BRUNI

Where hasn't the president's daughter been? That's a question that Twitter helped answer with these memes that place her in iconic scenes and crucial points in history.

What Middle-Class Families Want Politicians to Know

Alex Perez, left, and Xavier Perez with their children Athan, second from left, and Rowan, front, and Xavier's ex-wife, Iran Sanchez, and their daughter, Syriana Perez, in Laveen, Ariz. Damon Winter/The New York Times

By DAMON WINTER, E. TAMMY KIM AND JYOTI THOTTAM

There are student loans and mortgages. Child care expenses and retirement savings accounts. These families explain why being middle class today doesn't carry the same meaning — or the same comfort — that it used to.

All of the *Other* People Who Tried to Run for President

Oscar Bolton Green

By ROBERT GRANADER

"There is a candidate already named President Boddie and a man named Sexy Vegan. Two animals — Seven the Dog and Seymour Cats — are running."

What if All Your Slack Chats Were Leaked?

Alyssa Foote

By GENNIE GEBHART

The messaging app stores everything you do — "every lunch you've planned and every confidential decision you've made" — which is to say that law enforcement can request that information and hackers can steal it.

"Imagine if You Didn't Fit in Anywhere, Not Even in Your Own Head"

Cristina Daura

By BASSEY IKPI

"You don't know how to live like this but you don't know how to stop, and the need to persuade your body to give up is visceral." This is what Bipolar II feels like.