The theater of Supreme Court judicial nominations became even more than ever an exercise of partisan political purposes yesterday and undoubtedly continues today. But I want to point out the obvious in this: that these individuals are not acting in the best interest of the country per se, and certainly not according to their constituents’ […]
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Kavanaugh nomination illustrates the bankruptcy of the Public Interest model of Politics
05 Sep 2018
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Much of Mr. Trump’s economic success has been challenging the way things have been done under the Obama administration, and charting a decidedly different course. Tax cuts instead of tax hikes, deregulation instead of regulation. And it’s working; yesterday’s revision of 2nd qtr GDP was positive, and the composition was even better–consumer spending was down […]
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In a recent post on the “S” word, some of the commenters suggested that universal health care is not all that bad, so what’s to be afraid of? Now I am not in favor of universal health care as defined by most young progressives, i.e., government provided health care for all, and I am somewhat […]
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What to do with Elon, SEC style
15 Aug 2018
The WSJ’s Holman Jenkin’s reviewed the SEC’s tough problem with Elon Musk and Tesla in last night’s edition. The problem is that Elon has a pretty ugly relationship with the stock market, since while he has cultivated quite a passionate following for his own activities and dreams (leading to high stock prices), there are many […]
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Short musings on today’s politics–conservatives lose Ohio, Trumpian trade travails, and the “S” word
08 Aug 2018
As wake this morning, the bellwether Ohio special election is too close to call, with Republican Troy Balderson a mere 1500 votes up with 3000 provisional votes and other absentee votes yet uncounted. I suspect he’ll hold on given the red nature of that seat. But conservatives have already lost as he is a panderer […]
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I’ve been criticizing Mr. Trump for trade for some time now, and unfortunately I don’t think that’s going to let up anytime soon. However, I want to continue to give him credit in this limited sense: Presidents (and politicians generally) don’t make the economy grow faster, but what they can do is take away the […]
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Mr. Trump’s Monetary Machinations
23 Jul 2018
Mr. Trump extended his economic mischief this past week by opining that the Federal Reserve should slow down the rate hikes, as these hikes are leading to a stronger dollar (true) and hurting the U.S. (false). Now Mr. Trump is just doing what politicians of all stripes (especially politicians that follow Keynesian economics) have often […]
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Whirlpool’s cronyism backfires on them
16 Jul 2018
Whirlpool helped start the cronyism trade policies of the Trump Administration with their cries of unfair practices by their toughest competitors, including Samsung. In the WSJ today (gated), we see that it hasn’t perhaps worked out the way that Whirlpool intended. When they initially had tariffs enacted on washing machines, Marc Bitzer, the chief executive […]
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Mr. Trump is apparently going to get his trade war, and I predict a colossal failure. But this is one war I’ll be glad for the U.S. to lose. Just as there is really no victor in war (in the sense that the lives that were lost are forever gone), so too will whatever trade […]
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Could Russell Moore be wrong? Maybe we don’t need less Christian engagement in Politics, maybe we need more?
25 Apr 2018
I love Russell Moore; I greatly enjoy his teaching and respect much of what I hear from him. Yet while a foolish person may be occasionally right, so too can a wise person be occasionally wrong. In an article over at 9Marks, Dr. Moore suggests that politics has consumed the Christian church. I read into […]
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