Liberty
Reining in the president’s pardon power
Editors at National Review Online urge a significant change in federal executive power. Our Constitution was framed by wise men, and it has served us well. But they were also…
Vietnam
country in Southeast Asia
Liberty
Trump’s tariff rollback labeled overdue
Editors at National Review Online offer the president advice about his tariff policy. President Trump has an affordability agenda to address rising coffee prices: He’s rolling back his coffee tariffs.…
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Democrats driving party to self-destruction?
Conrad Black writes for Real Clear Politics about trouble for national Democrats. The Democrats are now implacably self-destructive. They resemble nothing so much as a slowly capsizing ship, but show…
Liberty
Pelosi as ‘ridiculous hack’ with war-powers claim
Charles Cooke writes for National Review Online about a former U.S. House speaker’s clear partisan double standard. As Nancy Pelosi knows, many other Democrats have taken action that was equivalent…
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Trump tariffs as an ‘economic emergency’
Michael Strain writes for the Financial Times about the impact of the president’s approach toward tariffs. “Liberation day” has arrived. Unfortunately, it threatens to liberate Americans from robust real wage…
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Legislation targets communist Chinese secret police
Helen Raleigh writes for the Federalist about a bill to combat a dangerous foreign presence on American soil. Quanzhong An, a Chinese citizen and U.S. green card holder, was recently…
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Defunding USAID to Shut Down Left-Wing Propaganda
John Daniel Davidson of the Federalist considers the campaign to defang a controversial government agency. The most common argument you’ll hear from those defending the United States Agency for International…
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Asking Whether Trump Can Be a ‘Great’ President
Jack Landman Goldsmith asks an interesting question at the outset of the second Trump administration. Donald Trump enters his second presidency, as he did his first, pledging to wield executive…
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National Review Takes Stock of the late Jimmy Carter
Editors at National Review Online assess former President Jimmy Carter’s legacy. He won the nomination, and the election, in great part because of who he was not. He was not…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
VinFast: VinSlow?
The Chatham County VinFast site, which received a $1.2 billion economic development incentives package, is delaying vehicle production until 2028.
Liberty
Pondering the United States’ Role in an ‘Age of Amorality’
Hal Brands writes in Foreign Affairs about a key challenge for American foreign policy. U.S. President Joe Biden took office pledging to wage a fateful contest between democracy and autocracy. After…
Liberty
Crossing a Government Spending ‘Rubicon’
Editors at the Washington Examiner argue that Americans must make difficult decisions soon about government spending. Maintaining the world’s most lethal fighting force is expensive. From a high of 35%…