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Trump's Billion Dollar Taxpayer Funded Ballroom
Trump unleashes vituperation, insulting the judiciary, while Republicans seek to throw $1bn at his vanity project. the National Trust for Historic…
 • James S. Russell
$1Bn White House Ballroom Derangement
Trump unleashes vituperation, insulting the judiciary, while Republicans seek to throw $1bn at his vanity project. the National Trust for Historic…
 • James S. Russell
The Root of all Election Evil
Cleaning up American campaign finance may have to become job one.
 • James S. Russell
The Antidote to Persian Gulf Oil Extortion
Trump's Iran fiasco has put the globe in an energy vice. Cutting demand is fast, doable and effectively deprives fossil-fuel predators of power.
 • James S. Russell
Detention Center Style for Trump Ballroom Entry
A grim bunker is proposed to screen visitors to the nation’s most important and symbolic residence.
 • James S. Russell
Balancing Bravura and Deference
After a two-year closure the New Museum reasserts its centrality in New York's art ecosystem with a new addition and a blockbuster show.
 • James S. Russell
Ballroom Approval on Autopilot
More ballroom details, less oversight
 • James S. Russell
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