The odds of dying in a mass shooting are extremely low, not much higher than being killed by a random blast of lightning. Unfortunately, evidence suggests intense coverage of mass shootings may be encouraging them.

The US is so economically exceptional that the poorest 20 percent of Americans are richer than many of the world’s most affluent nations.

President Donald Trump is trying to advance two conflicting narratives about the US economy. On the one hand, he continues to insist that the US economy is "sooo strong." On the other, the president continues to call for and get the kind of Keynesian monetary and fiscal stimulus one would expect to see in the depths of a deep recession.

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