A railroad job by House Democrats, followed by a whitewash by Senate Republicans.
Category Archives: International and national
The political paradox that is Donald Trump
Will Twitter-Tantrum Trump defeat State-of-the-Union Trump?
What happened to America First in Trump’s peace plan?
True peace will be forged by direct negotiations between the Israelis and Palestinians. Unless invited to facilitate by both, the U.S. should stay out of it
Ballot harvesting decision treats Arizona unfairly
The Ninth Circuit says a ban on ballot harvesting isn’t illegal per se. But Arizona, unlike other states, can’t adopt it. That’s unfair and constitutionally suspect.
War Power Resolutions are an empty political gesture
They would keep Trump from doing anything he’d do anyway. He’ll veto them nevertheless.
Problems with U.S. Middle East policy are deeper than Trump
Soleimani killing wasn’t impulsive or irrational. But it is yet more evidence that the United States needs to stop trying to manage Middle East geopolitics.
Why the disconnent between our dreadful politics and the generally good condition of the country and state?
For Reagan, an improved economy meant that it was morning in America. For Trump, it’s thunderstorms everywhere, all the time.
Distrust of markets emerges on the right
Memo to Marco Rubio: The lesson that markets more productively allocate capital than politicians, intellectuals and bureaucrats apparently needs to be relearned from time to time.
In China deal, managed trade is the real winner
Trump got China to buy more stuff. But that dodges the strategic questions about U.S.-China relations.
What the IG report really shows about the Russia collusion investigation
The FBI investigation quickly got off the track, hit serial dead ends, and should have been shut down before metastasizing into special council Robert Mueller’s investigation.