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Category Archives: International and national
Trump’s foreign policy incoherence in full bloom
Trump’s U.N. speech demonstrates that his foreign policy is entirely situational and ad hoc.
Speculative nonsense about Graham-Cassidy
Virtually all the criticisms of Graham-Cassidy are wrong. But that doesn’t mean it should pass.
On tax reform, GOP heads down another dead-end road
There’s too much focus on the corporate income tax rate. Simpson-Bowles pointed the way to reform worth the effort.
Congressional GOP to blame for budget debacle
Trump and Democratic leaders make a bad deal, but the failure of Republicans in Congress to pass a budget on time gave them the opportunity.
Trump was right to boot DACA to Congress
Congress should use the grace period Trump provided to enact standalone legislation giving dreamers some sort of legal status.
Flake’s just being true to himself
Flake isn’t kowtowing to Trump with his voting record. He’s being true to himself.
Time for South Korea and Japan to consider going nuclear
The ability of North Korea to strike the United States changes the equation, for us and our allies.
Country goes loco over Confederate statues. Why?
The statues should come down, but they aren’t worth getting this worked up over.
Trump announces the end of his foreign policy
Trump ran on a new direction for American foreign policy. No place was better suited to apply it than Afghanistan. Instead, Trump opted the same old, same old.