Remember the familiar lament from President Barack Obama’s team for eight long years? “Two percent real GDP growth is the new normal for the U.S. economy.” Two percent annual growth wasn’t even the “new normal” […]
The latest annual report by British Petroleum on Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions once again serves to remind us that the previous administration’s so-called Clean Power Plan (CPP) may simply have been an attempt to claim […]
Much has been written about the Tea Party and the right-wing fundamentalist Christian influence on the Republican Party over the years. Editorial writers seem to believe the more they write about ‘how dysfunctional’ the GOP […]
Former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers predicted that if Donald Trump were elected, there would be a protracted recession within 18 months. Heeding its experts, a month before the election, The Washington Post ran an editorial […]
The complexity of allegations against President Donald Trump continue to grow and Trump’s political and policy moves have remained remarkably simple. That simplicity was likely a key to Trump’s victory over Hillary Clinton in 2016 […]
While in Maine recently, we marveled at the beauty of the coastline, the bustling small towns and harbors, and the majesty of Acadia National Park. We also saw tons of portraits and lithographs of Civil […]
Justice Anthony Kennedy’s retirement, leading to President Donald Trump’s nomination of Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court, has thrown progressives, the Democratic Party and the news media into an out-and-out tizzy. The online magazine Slate […]
This is what happens when you lose an election. You get Justice Neil Gorsuch instead of the wonderful Merrick Garland, who President Barack Obama nominated before Democrats lost in 2016. And you get Judge Brett […]
The Canadian government, lining the pockets of its dairy producers, imposes high tariffs on American dairy imports. That forces Canadians to pay higher prices for dairy products. For example, Canadians pay $5.24 for a 10.5-ounce […]
Amy Wax, a University of Pennsylvania law professor, has come under attack and scathing criticism because she dared criticize the school’s racial preferences program. In an interview with Brown University economist Glenn Loury, discussing affirmative […]
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