Trump apparently wants to use our trade deficit as leverage against Mexico and China.
Monthly Archives: July 2015
Opposition to private prisons is also ideological
The public discussion of the Kingman prison riot gets prematurely hijacked by an animus against private prisons.
The United States isn’t, and won’t become, Greece
There are constraints on debt accumulation here that didn’t exist for Greece.
Myth of irrevocable euro already busted
No point in giving additional concessions to Greece to try to sustain it.
More than money, Department of Child Safety needs to reset priorities
An “independent” audit offers the same rehash.
Bigger shouldn’t be inevitable in health care
But reversing the trend will require radical change to the current system of third-party payer reimbursements.
Scalia dooms Obama challenge
In Arizona redistricting case, Scalia’s dissent suggests he doesn’t think Congress has standing to challenge Obama overreaches.
Arizona sucker-punched by high court
After the state followed the procedures specified by the court to get proof of citizenship included in federal voter registration forms in Arizona, it was left in the lurch.
Kennedy’s slippery jurisprudence
Justice Anthony Kennedy is now the country’s second most powerful person, a role that he seems to find uncomfortably comfortable.