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Category Archives: International and national
The Fed’s inconsistency and Libra’s promise
While a debate breaks out about limiting how the Fed manages monetary policy, Facebook proposes a competitive digital currency.
What the mass shooting blame game gets wrong
What mass shooters have in common is social alienation, not politics. The blame game obscures that.
This time, budget ‘no’ vote was the right call
The budget deal moves federal finances in the wrong direction. And the government shutdown clock wasn’t ticking.
Dems are repeating Hillary’s mistake
Attributing Trump’s political support to irredeemable deplorables, or white racists, is to badly misread the political landscape.
Let Trump own his messes
Trump’s “go back” tweet illustrates the need for other Republican officeholders to create a distinction between supporting Trump’s policies and condoning his behavior in office.
Do Democrats now actually believe in open borders?
For some time, Republicans have falsely claimed that Democrats favor open borders. These days, that’s starting to have the ring of truth.
How about a truce in the cultural war over the founders
A shared understanding, and celebration, of our heritage should be possible.
Greece needs debt relief for its new start
Greece voters chose a new pro-growth government. Other European countries and institutions could use a pro-growth success story. Offering debt relief would help a lot.
Census citizenship question is much ado about nothing much
The hyperbole and passion over the issue is disproportionate to the reality of what’s at stake.