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'Liberation' Through Massive Tariffs is Not Going to End Well for Republicans
Republicans (mostly) avoided political disaster because Trump I implemented (mostly) satisfactory policy. Not so with Trump II.
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'Abundance' Liberals Have a Carbon Problem
The abundance movement is premised on cheap energy, but its advocates support decarbonization policies that would make energy, and the aspirational…
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It Is Not Chuck Schumer's Job to Satisfy Your Emotional Needs
Forcing a shutdown would be a show of 'fighting,' but it would not advance Democratic policy interests — in fact, it would hurt them, and the public as…
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Sonia Sotomayor Must Retire
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Trump Didn't Deserve to Win, But We Deserved to Lose
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Democrats Need Their Own DEI Purge
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Universities Are Not on the Level
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Section Guy Runs For President
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The Kennedys Were Always Bad
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Uncertainty Is What Trump Loves About His Tariff Powers
Investors and executives (and Maria Bartiromo) yearn for 'clarity' on tariffs. But withholding that clarity is what gives Trump leverage and attention.
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Worthwhile Canadian Invective
Megan McArdle, Ben Dreyfuss and I discuss the president's address, his apparently-now-actually-for-real North American tariffs, and why the Commerce…
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The Big Economic Question for Trump: Why Are Interest Rates Falling?
His Treasury Secretary is taking an early victory lap over falling mortgage and bond rates, but the reason for the fall will determine whether this is a…
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Reaping and Sowing
Ben Dreyfuss, Megan McArdle, Mike Pesca and I discuss Trump's war on left-identified institutions: media, civil service, non-profits and academia. Plus…
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Mike Pesca
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Democrats Need Their Own DEI Purge
The woke brigades in the Democratic Party aren't merely annoying. They have undermined Democrats' appeal to the same minority communities they are…
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The Reign of Elon
Ben Dreyfuss, Megan McArdle and Anthony Fisher join me to discuss the trade war that isn't (yet), the payment freeze, the war on USAID, the plane crash…
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Anthony L. Fisher
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Ben Dreyfuss
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President Trump Is Doing Several Things That Strike Me As Unwise
The trade war, an indiscriminate effort to shrink the federal workforce, and the haphazard stoppage of duly-appropriated payments are likely to hurt the…
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