At both the national and state level, Republicans mostly won seats they should have already held.
Read the column …
Category Archives: International and national
The beginning of the end of U.S. leadership of the free world
A second term for Trump necessitates a recalibration by other democratic capitalist countries regarding their security interests.
An endorsement of non-endorsements
There is a principled argument against newspapers endorsing candidates, although not the one made by Jeff Bezos.
The state of play in the presidential race
Harris has given Democrats a good chance of retaining the presidency. That didn’t seem possible three months ago.
Trump’s true love: The protective tariff
Trump’s tariff agenda in a second term would be much more far-reaching, and risky, than that in his first.
What makes for an Opportunity Economy?
Harris’s subsidies and tax preferences cannot compensate for the reduction in private sector investment capital her tax increases would cause.
Why is Trump botching the immigration issue?
Trump wasn’t baited into talking about hardened criminals, pet eating, and mass deportations. That’s the way he chose to present himself on the issue.
Harris’s misguided debate prep
Her exclusive focus should be on crossing the presidential credibility and acceptability threshold with swing voters, not attempting to bait Trump into an eruption.
What does the Democratic Convention mean for the future of wokeism?
Whether sincere or not, the convention stood in rejection of the fundamental tenets of identity and grievance politics.
A theory about the presidential race
Both camps are primarily conducting base turnout campaigns. Swing voters may end up deciding based more on personality than policy.