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Category Archives: International and national
Ducey, Dems should do this to prevent mass shootings
Legislative Democrats crafted a sensible proposal for a mental health injunction to deny the mentally ill with violent tendencies access to guns. They didn’t attach conditions to it until Ducey proposed something similar.
Will Arizona make a big bet on gambling?
Although the Supreme Court ruling wasn’t the victory for states rights commonly depicted, Gov. Doug Ducey had some interesting things to say in its aftermath.
Weaponizing access to U.S. markets won’t end well
The rest of the world can figure out how to do business around us. Weaponizing access to our markets, through tariffs and sanctions, quickens the arrival of that day.
Trump, critics both wrong on Iran
What’s worrisome isn’t that Trump withdrew. It’s what he said while withdrawing.
Macron should focus on Europe’s inability to defend itself
Rather than relish Macron’s rebuke of Trump, there should be a bipartisan discussion of realigning our international role with our true security interests.
Where’s the next Paul Ryan?
With trillion-dollar deficits just around the corner and Paul Ryan retiring, who will lead the cause of fixing the finances of the federal government?
Should the United States become a giant Switzerland?
Our international engagements, in Syria and elsewhere, runs risks hugely disproportionate to our true security interests.
Congress should pass a digital property bill of rights
Rather than a Facebook show trial, Congress should give individuals an enforceable property right to their personal data.
The right reason for a trade war with China
The objective shouldn’t be to manage trade with China. It should be to protect the integrity of the U.S. system of democratic capitalism.