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Business investment stagnating in face of trade uncertainty

October 29, 2018 by Richard Schulman Leave a Comment

Investment stagation stemming from trade uncertainty is likily having an impact on stock market fragility

“The U.S. economy expanded at a 3.5 percent pace in the third quarter as consumers opened their wallets, businesses restocked inventories and governments boosted spending, marking the strongest back-to-back quarters of growth since 2014,” Bloomberg writes. The growth “followed a 4.2 percent advance in the prior three months…” But sustained growth and productivity gains require […]

Filed Under: Trade  Tagged: aluminum tariffs, Jagdish Bhagwati, Narendra Modi, Shinzo Abe

Why so many Johnnies still can’t read

October 27, 2018 by Richard Schulman Leave a Comment

Reading was successfully taught by phonics in the US from the 17th century to the mid-19th century, when Horace Mann and the Progressives adopted a failed method, whole-language reading

Ignorant ideas never seem to die. They just keep getting re-adopted by ignorant people and those who, not knowing any better, follow them. Two cases in point: socialism and whole-language reading instruction. The first has been repudiated by history numerous times but is now the program of the Bernie Sanders Progressive wing of the Democratic […]

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On Halloween, Progressives give rein to their inner ghoul

October 26, 2018 by Richard Schulman Leave a Comment

Megyn Kelly

Dateline Halloween 2015 Dateline Halloween 2018 We don’t know why Megyn Kelly cried and apologized to the morons at NBC for having defended childhood Halloween playfulness. She should exit the place with a huge exit package, a smile on her face, and the tougher for the experience.

Filed Under: Progressive insanity  Tagged: Megyn Kelly, NBC, Yale

Strategic materials war with China, US free trade negotiations with allies

October 22, 2018 by Richard Schulman Leave a Comment

Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) President Joseph Kabila has gotten rich selling off cobalt mines to China.

Trade correspondent L.C. reports: The White House formally notified Congress on October 16th that it intends to begin free trade negotiations with three important allied trading partners: Japan, the EU, and the UK. Allied solidarity is crucial as China rushes to lock up strategic raw materials worldwide while resisting US efforts to reform its state-dominated […]

Filed Under: Trade  Tagged: China, cobalt, Democratic Repubic of Congo (DRC), EU, Japan, Joseph Kabila, lithium, rare earth metals, Robert Lighthizer, United Kingdom (UK)

Is the United States going to pot?

October 21, 2018 by Richard Schulman 1 Comment

Map of recreational pot legalization vs decriminalization vs medicinal use

Our northern neighbor Canada has just gone to pot. The US will likely be heading further in that direction on Tuesday, Nov. 6th. Yahoo reports that “Three states — Michigan, Utah and Oklahoma — will hold referendums in 2018 on the legalization of marijuana for recreational and medical use, continuing a nationwide trend of acceptance […]

Filed Under: marijuana  

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