Three important developments clamor for discussion since our previous issue: the policy recommendations, foolish and sound, in the wake of the Parkland, FL school shootings; the delayed reactions to the successful flight of the SpaceX Falcon rocket; and the trade war threat of the Commerce Department’s recommendation for steel and aluminum tariffs and import quotas. […]
Our military and intelligence establishment is not using its tax dollars well
The most important opinion piece published today is by Angelo Codevilla and addresses the disturbing reality of how poorly our military and intelligence establishment are performing relative to the taxpayer dollars Washington has been throwing their way. He concludes: It behooves all Americans, but especially those on the right, no longer to pretend that the […]
Mindfulness, sugar & Alzheimer’s, Medicaid & opioids, ibuprofen & men
Readers’ physical and cognitive health is as important to us (and no doubt to them) as their political well-being. That is our justification for today’s focus on four recent health reports of interest: on mindfulness, sugar and Alzheimer’s, the hitherto unsuspected contribution of Medicaid to the opioid epidemic, and the dangers to men of prolonged […]
China is gaining on the United States. What is the US doing about it?
This very concerned strategic assessment — “China is gaining on the United States. What are the US doing about it?” — was written by an American Enterprise Institute (AEI) analyst after the Trump administration’s first National Defense Strategy was released by Secretary of Defense Mattis — but before the sequester was set aside and increased […]
Despite export boom, US tax cuts and deficit will increase imports over exports, threatening ill-considered administrative protectionism
Trade correspondent LC’s weekly report The probability that the trade deficit will continue to grow presents a danger for US trading partners. The recent US tax cuts and government spending hike will likely increase US demand, keeping US savings lagging consumption and attracting even more imports, pushing the trade deficit up. Strong demand abroad should […]
