by Richard Schulman Gun control just died a very public death in Monsey NY and White Settlement TX. In both — indeed in churches, temples, and mosques throughout the country — parishioners will now be “packing heat” to services, if they weren’t doing so already. In Monsey NY, Orthodox Jewish Hanukkah celebrants chased a machete-armed […]
Richard Jewell, loser pays (and government should too)
by Richard Schulman Clinton Eastwood’s excellent film, Richard Jewell, is being panned by the mainstream press because the media do not come off well in the film. The FBI doesn’t either. This makes the movie quite timely, given the fiasco of the FBI’s Russian collusion investigation against the Trump campaign and the media’s cheer-leading despite […]
Progressives’ malign influence on education
by Richard Schulman The 100-page New York Times Magazine special, “The 1619 Project,” is the latest example of Progressives’ malign influence on education. Progressives are Leftists who dislike the Constitution, bipartisanship, and a delimited national state — regarding these as obstacles to utopian schemes such as the Green New Deal and to defining citizens by […]
Three trade events last week: are we better off?
The weekly trade report, by L.C. President Trump and his supporters hailed last week’s three trade events as vindication of the president’s protectionism. These consisted of: US knee-capping of the World Trade Organization’s Appellate Body (its dispute-settlement court), the US-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA), and a first-phase China agreement. The actual benefits of the three trade agreements […]
Cato monetary conference calls for Fed reforms and alternatives
by Richard Schulman The annual Cato Monetary Conference is arguably the most important regular event for discussing new ideas about central bank policy and monetary reform. Despite this status, this year’s conference received no media coverage. The editors of mainstream media, who determine what does and doesn’t get covered in the daily press, apparently give […]
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