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Short Read of the Week for February 4, 2021

In this morning’s Short Read of the Week we considered eight articles (shown here). Because it makes such a persuasive case that Democratic presidents have been more successful because they have been more pragmatic than their more ideologically driven Republican counterparts, the article that got the most votes was:

Why Are Republican Presidents So Bad for the Economy?
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/02/opinion/sunday/democrats-economy.html
[our copy here]

We had a tie for our second-place choice :

Joe Biden Just Signed an Executive Order to Start Undoing the Misery Wrought by Family Separation
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2021/02/joe-biden-just-signed-an-executive-order-to-start-undoing-the-misery-wrought-by-family-separation/
[our copy here]

Spurred By The Capitol Riot, Thousands Of Republicans Drop Out Of GOP
https://www.npr.org/2021/02/01/962246187/spurred-by-the-capitol-riot-thousands-of-republicans-drop-their-party
[our copy here]


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Direct link to item: https://tillcodems.org/whats-on-your-mind/2021/2/4/short-read-of-the-week-for-february-4-2021.