The Trump administration should consummate a deal with the Taliban, even if the dire predictions of critics come true.
Category Archives: International and national
GOP should save its powder for the Barr report
It is understandable that Comey kept copies of memos about his interactions with Trump. It’s what he did with them that was wrong.
Conservatives need their own social media
A disadvantage in accessing public platforms is nothing new for conservatives. And the answer has always been the same: build their own.
What would a federal crime of domestic terrorism actually accomplish?
The federal criminal code shouldn’t be further laden to satisfy a desire to “do something” about mass shootings unless it would really do something about mass shootings.
Big business invites European-style regulation
The Business Roundtable issues a statement demoting the interests of shareholders. There are political consequences from that.
The fracturing consensus on immigration and welfare
The Trump’s administration’s expansion of the public charge ban on immigration wouldn’t do much. But the reaction to it is revealing.
Cops should more heavily patrol the social media beat
What mass shooters have in common is profound social alienation. There are places on the internet where such people gather.
Breaking up big tech won’t solve the problem
Give users control of their data, but otherwise leave big tech alone.
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.