Trump returns from China largely empty-handed.
Read the column: https://robertrobb.substack.com/p/diminishing-returns-from-trumps-bully
Category Archives: International and national
Voting Rights Act: A bad decision with positive consequences for Arizona
Starting with a particular number of majority-minority districts makes it tough to create competitive districts in the balance of the state.
Read the column …https://robertrobb.substack.com/p/voting-rights-act-a-bad-decision
Kelly and repeal of the federal tuition tax credit: Doing the right thing for the wrong reasons
The federal credit shouldn’t exist. But if it does, Hobbs shouldn’t prevent Arizonans from participating
Read the column …https://robertrobb.substack.com/p/kelly-and-repeal-of-the-federal-tuition
Trump’s Iranian miscalculations aren’t NATO’s obligation
The North Atlantic Treaty is a geographically limited, defensive agreement.
Read the column …https://robertrobb.substack.com/p/trumps-iranian-miscalculations-arent
The federal government faces serious fiscal challenges. We need serious politicians.
The can our unserious politicians have been kicking down the road is fast running out of road.
Read the column …https://robertrobb.substack.com/p/the-federal-government-faces-serious
Fabulists and election reform
The challenge of fairly considering ill-motivated proposals
Reckless president, impotent Congress
Not the combination the framers envisioned.
Read the column …https://robertrobb.substack.com/p/reckless-president-impotent-congress
Limits on the ability of courts to curb Trump’s abuses of power
More immediate and effective measures require congressional action.
For Europe, is Trump a friend or a foe
Does Trump want a Europe that is weak, fragmented, and vulnerable?
Read the column …https://robertrobb.substack.com/p/for-europe-is-trump-a-friend-or-a
Carney’s quest
What sort of twisted U.S. foreign policy turns Canada into the leader of a new non-aligned movement?
Read the column …https://robertrobb.substack.com/p/carneys-quest