Liberty
Ideas for Trump to consider as Iran war proceeds
Miranda Devine writes for the New York Post about two “great” ideas related to President Donald Trump’s war on Iran. As we enter the fourth week of the Iran war…
Council on Foreign Relations
American think tank on foreign policy
Liberty
Biden-Xi Meeting Has Major Political Implications
Naomi Lim of the Washington Examiner analyzes the stakes of a high-profile meeting this week on the West Coast. For President Joe Biden, politics does not stop at the water’s…
Liberty
Biden’s Cybersecurity Expert Spends Her Time Worrying About … Systemic Racism?
Alana Goodman of the Washington Free Beacon reports on the questionable priorities of a top Biden administration cybersecurity official. President Joe Biden’s incoming cyber defense deputy has claimed that “systemic…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
Malpass at the World Bank
The BBC reports on David Malpass‘ new high-profile post. Donald Trump’s pick for World Bank president, David Malpass, has officially been approved for the role. Mr Malpass, a Trump loyalist,…
Education
Academic brand loses its luster
Victor Davis Hanson explains at National Review Online why academic credentials are losing cachet in the world of politics. Trumpism is sometimes derided as an updated know-nothingism that rejects expertise…
Liberty
Don’t expect positive leadership from China
Rich Lowry at National Review Online disputes the notion that China will emerge as an alternative to the United States for global leadership. Ever since Donald Trump’s election, it has…
Elections & Public Integrity
Putting Trump’s success in context
Joshua Kurlantzick of the Council on Foreign Relations uses a Bloomberg Businessweek column to compare the Donald Trump phenomenon to other worldwide political developments. In reality, Trump’s rise doesn’t signal…
Liberty
Nixon to China? How about China learning from Nixon
Sebastian Mallaby of the Council on Foreign Relations offers some interesting thoughts in The Atlantic about the future of the Chinese economy. Downshifting is always painful, but politicians often make…
Liberty
Some media outlets really are just stenographers for the left
Blake Neff of the Daily Caller shines light on an overly cozy relationship between Hillary Clinton and mainstream media. A set of emails has exposed a sordid, transactional relationship between…
Regulation
TIME columnist laments Democrats’ declining support for free trade
Free trade stood among the principal tenets of political liberalism from its earliest days. That’s one reason why it’s interesting to read Fareed Zakaria‘s latest column in TIME magazine. ……
Liberty
More misguided support for the Chinese system
Joshua Kurlantzick of the Council on Foreign Relations documents for Bloomberg Businessweek readers some recent troubles surrounding democratically elected governments around the world. Among the most disappointing passages is one…
Energy
Don’t support cleaner-burning fuel — it might stop people from giving the government more power!
The latest issue of The Atlantic devotes a full 13 pages to answering the question, “What If We Never Run Out of Oil?” Among the more interesting discussion points: People…