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There is a new form of hate speech that white people use to poke at Latinos. It goes like this: “Trump! Trump! Trump!” As President Trump concludes his first year in office, his “street cred” as a bully, demagogue and racist is well established. And Latinos — especially Mexicans and Mexican-Americans — are his favorite pinata.

Scott Walker and Jeb Bush were bound to collide sooner or later. It turned out to be sooner. As the son of a Baptist minister, and the son of the 41st president of the United States, these two were destined to be the odd couple of the 2016 election. Walker is running against the establishment and the Washington elites. Bush embodies both. Walker will need at least $100 million to compete in the GOP primary, and more if he makes it to the general. Most of the Republican donors who write those kinds of checks are on Bush’s speed dial....

SAN DIEGO -- People are busy talking about what this country is going to look like in a few years when a cohort of 78 million Americans acquire a title they never wanted: senior citizen. Hippies who turned into yuppies are about to turn into golden oldies. Just what I wanted to hear: more about the baby boomers.USA Today recently wrapped up a series on aging in America that touched on everything from life expectancy to saving for retirement to long-term health care issues. The newspaper insists that by the year 2046 -- when those Americans who were born from...