Aviral online post compares interest rates and gas prices before and after Biden’s presidency. “Remember how on November 5th, 2020 gas was $1.80 a gallon and interest rates were 2.75%,” the post reads. Another reads: “Friendly PSA: Gas Was $2.30 A Gallon And Interest Rates Were 2.75% Back On January 20th, 2021.” The posts’ broad claims are correct: Interest rates and gas prices were lower before Biden’s presidency. However, the numbers cited in the post are not precise...

A misleading TV ad from a pro-Donald Trump super PAC claims that, as the attorney general of California, Vice President Kamala Harris “ignored” a state law and “allowed convicted sex offenders to live near schools and parks.” That’s a distortion of what happened. In fact, Harris defended the law in court until the Supreme Court of California ruled that the law’s residency restrictions for certain registered sex offenders had been unconstitutionally enforced in San Diego...

Let's stipulate that this is hardly the most important issue facing voters as they make their choices over the next few weeks.  It's a sideshow.  And candidly, it was one in which I had very little interest.  Donald Trump has been trolling Kamala Harris over her claim that she worked at a McDonald's while in college, "doing french fries and ice cream."   She never mentioned this before her first presidential run in 2019, having apparently avoided any discussion of this...

This column is a part of Republic of Distrust, a series about the loss of trust in American institutions and what can be done to restore it. Walter Cronkite was often described as “the most trusted man in America” in the 1960s and ‘70s. The avuncular CBS News anchor was admired for reporting fairly and accurately, even when his view challenged the official line or popular opinion. After a 1968 reporting trip to Vietnam, for example, Cronkite told his 30 million viewers that the American...

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He is best known for his sweet '90s tunes.