by Richard Schulman “National Conservatism” (NC) has sometimes been characterized as an attempt to fashion a coherent political theory and program out of President Trump’s unpredictable policy-making. Its spokesmen include Fox News commentator Tucker Carlson and the City Journal‘s Oren Cass. They are calling for a national industrial policy as a fulfillment of National Conservatism’s […]
Scaramucci, business ally of Chinese communists, attacks President Trump
by Richard Schulman In a phone interview with Axios on August 11th, President Trump’s short-lived Director of Communications Anthony Scaramucci (“Mooch” for short) compares President Trump to a nuclear reactor in meltdown mode, to Chernobyl. Scaramucci says that Republicans may need to pick a different candidate to run for president in 2020. Echoing Progressive publications […]
Administration’s trade and currency policies are contradictory
by Trade Correspondent L.C. In this odd week for US-China ties, President Donald Trump formally accused Beijing of being a currency manipulator while also calling for the US to manipulate the dollar lower. This raises the question of whether the Trump Administration will directly intervene in the currency markets to devalue the dollar. That’s something […]
Radical Environmentalists Condemn African Children to Malaria Deaths
by Richard Schulman “A child under 5 dies from malaria about every two minutes world-wide. Yet radical environmentalists are mobilizing against an important measure to stop mosquitoes from spreading the disease,” an op ed in the Wall Street Journal (July 31, 2019) reports. A program called Target Malaria is seeking to eliminate malaria in the […]
China trade war escalates; new strategy needed
By Trade Correspondent L.C. and the Editor: Trade wars, as commentators have warned, are a bit like “roach motels.” Once you go in, it’s very hard to exit. China’s President Xi and US President Trump are now playing a high stakes game of “Take that, motherf…” China just responded today by letting its currency depreciate […]
