The silent premise behind “Medicare for All” is that Obamacare has been a bust.
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Trump lens distorts reality for friends and foes alike
For opponents, it’s the Stone indictment. For supporters, how badly Trump mishandled the shutdown politics.
Get E-Verify into the budget game
A wall for Dreamers deal is going nowhere. An E-Verify for Dreamers deal might not fare any better. But it would be worth a try.
Government shutdown results from failure of GOP Congress
Republicans didn’t pass a budget when they were in charge. Democrats are offering a reasonable way out of the current impasse.
The last advice McSally should take
Stop taking advice. Particularly about politics. The politics of the 2020 election are impossible to figure out.
Bigger China questions than soybeans and cars
Xi blew up the old strategic framework that guided U.S.-China relations. A trade deal will be hard to assess without a replacement.
Will climate change solve itself?
While there is no political appetite for drastic government mandates, the economy will probably naturally decarobonize, as it has been.
The tragedy of Jeff Flake
Flake’s reaction to Trump left him in political no-man’s land.
The Fed needs to make itself less important
Rather than pausing on interest rate increases, the Fed needs to unwind the economic distortions its massive monetary interventions have caused.
The Return of the Democrats
In Arizona, Democrats ended their election drought with a downpour. It probably marks a new era of more competitive politics.