Bad governments produce refugees, hundreds of thousands of them — fleeing for their lives, livelihoods, or both. The US is by no means alone in facing unwanted crowds of refugees heading for its borders. For some countries under some circumstances, refugees can be a boon. Europe’s refugees who came to US shores in the 19th […]
Chinese leaders unhinged as economy weakens
Trade correspondent L.C. reports: An economic summit of world leaders held in Papua New Guinea ended in acrimony yesterday, the Wall Street Journal reported today, “as a fight over Chinese trade practices cast doubt over the ability of Washington and Beijing to resolve their trade battle soon. For the first time in the Asia-Pacific Economic […]
What would a great US statesman now do?
Our ally in multiple recent wars, the United Kingdom, is now paralyzed over its attempt to make an acceptable exit from the bureaucracy-encumbered European Union (EU). President Trump applauded this exit (“Brexit”) when it was first proposed, and he applauded the surge of British patriotism that supported it. The US President could now commit a […]
Trade in split Congress likely to be bipartisan but protectionist
Trade correspondent L.C. reports: In the wake of the highly partisan US midterm elections, trade is one of the few areas where bipartisanship is possible. Most observers believe that Congress will pass the US-Canada-Mexico (USMCA, a.k.a. NAFTA 2.0) implementing bill during 2019. It is also likely that Congress will approve the start of trade talks […]
Why John and Jill can’t major in science
In a previous Founders Broadsheet we addressed the question of why so many US students were never properly taught how to read, crippling their lifelong academic and intellectual development. An even larger number of US high school graduates– perhaps more than 95 percent — never receive an adequate mathematics education during their kindergarten-through-12th (K-12) grade […]
