Congress and the President find themselves in bipartisan unanimity in approving measures opposing China. The weekly trade report with L.C. On July 14th President Trump ended Hong Kong’s special status as a customs territory separate from mainland China. This followed China’s imposition of the Hong Kong Security Law and the US Secretary of State’s determination […]
Clarence Thomas’s Life Matters
Nominated by President George H.W. Bush, Justice Clarence Thomas is arguably the greatest Supreme Court justice of the past century and its most consistent originalist. by Richard Schulman A number of the Supreme Court’s decisions in the final weeks of the 2019-2020 session were disappointing to Republicans. In several cases, justices appointed by Republican presidents […]
What’s so hard to understand?
by Richard Schulman It’s Chicken Little time, folks. The sky is falling. Especially in the Sunbelt. Or so the national press would have their readers believe. And now, sadly, California’s governor, Gavin Newsom, has been frightened into rolling back the state’s tentative re-opening. According to the Chicken Little headlines, the Sunbelt states and California are […]
Biden trade policy is “Trump Lite”
The weekly trade report with L.C. Joe Biden, presumed Democratic candidate for President in November, continued laying out details of his proposed policies this week. His economic and “Trump Lite” trade policies lean heavily in the direction of populist nationalism. They suggest that the former vice president doesn’t want to veer too far from the […]
A multi-nation alliance is coalescing against China
A multi-nation alliance is coalescing against China for its many violations of international law in Hong Kong and elsewhere. The weekly trade report with L.C. The Hong Kong Security Law that China released on June 30th is a blatant breach of China’s promises to Hong Kong and the world. Unsurprisingly, a multi-nation alliance is coalescing […]
