Seven Lessons for Democrats
David Brooks’ April 28 column listed seven issues where the Democrats appear to be on the wrong side: Progressive Democrats have overstimulated the economy, producing the worst inflation in many…
New York Times on Tucker Carlson
The three-part hatchet job done on Tucker Carlson by the New York Times shows how worried they are about him. Carlson’s defense of Vladimir Putin and the January 6 attack…
Air Force Refocuses on Nuclear Weapons
In his April 28 Washington Post column, David Ignatius said: Beyond the carnage the Ukraine war has produced on the ground, it has forced military planners to think anew about…
Putin and the World Nuclear Order
The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists reports on its conversation with Siegfried Hecker, the director of the Los Alamos National Laboratory. Dr. Hecker said Putin’s decision to invade Ukraine created…
Get Middle East to Cut Oil Prices
Fareed Zakaria’s April 21 column in the Washington Post, “The only plausible path to keep the pressure on Russia,” calls on the US to get Saudi Arabia and other Middle…
Stimulus Checks Worsened Inflation
An article in Reason magazine says that the COVID stimulus checks sent out by the Federal Government worsened inflation inn the US compared to other wealthy nations. ECB chair Christine…
Rich People’s Saving Glut
Gillian Tett has written an intriguing article for the Financial Times, “Beware the Rich Persons Savings Glut.” She starts by noting that the Ukrainian government has appealed to the ultra-rich…
Stop Putin’s Plan B
In his Washington Post column, “Putin’s Plan A in Ukraine has failed. We can’t let his Plan B succeed,” Fareed Zaharia said; While the assault on Kyiv and the surrounding region has…
Cancel Cancel-Culture
Michael Bloomberg writes: In all its forms, left and right, “cancel culture” is a cancer on our democracy — and all of us in both parties need to stand up and…
Globalization Is Over
In his article in the New York Times, “Globalization Is Over. The Global Culture Wars Have Begun,” David Brooks writes: I can remember a time — about a quarter-century ago…