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It’s Not Just Trump. Europe Fears China, Too
On Oct. 30, the stirrings of a corporate Halloween were visible in the heart of the euro-area economy — with nary a Trump tariff in sight.…
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The Gun Laws That Work, and the Gun Laws That Don’t
Part of the deeply polarized debate over guns in the United States—inflamed, yet again, by the horrific events in Uvalde, Texas—is ideological. A segment of the…
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What America Will and Will Not Do in Ukraine
The invasion Vladimir Putin thought would last days is now in its fourth month. The Ukrainian people surprised Russia and inspired the world with their sacrifice,…
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The Biden Presidential Scorecard at 500 Days
Come next Friday, the 500th day of his presidency, Joe Biden, gazing from the Oval Office toward flags surrounding the Washington Monument, might or might not…
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The Real Reason America Doesn’t Have Gun Control
The basic rules of American democracy provide a veto over national policy to a minority of the states. After each of the repeated mass shootings that…
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White Supremacy Is Deadly. Guns Make It Deadlier
Here we are again. A white man radicalized by racist rhetoric carrying an assault rifle just massacred Black people going about their daily lives, causing lifelong…
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Recession is The Real Danger for Democrats
President Joe Biden arrives at Chicago O’Hare International Airport in Chicago, Wednesday, May 11, 2022, before boarding Marine One to travel to Kankakee, Ill., to visit…
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Biden’s Foreign Aid Is Funding the Washington Bubble
As usual, U.S. assistance pays everyone except governments actually providing services to the world’s poor. In recent weeks, U.S. President Joe Biden made good on the…
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Sweeter Carrots and Harder Sticks: Rethinking U.S. Security Assistance
Daily news coverage of burned-out Russian armor, as well as Russia’s eastward retreat, serves as tangible evidence that U.S. weapons and other military supplies being delivered…
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Chaos, Crisis and Infighting Threaten Democrats in 2022
With less than seven months until the midterm elections, Democrats face a number of major and mounting crises. Record-high inflation, soaring crime rates, the lingering COVID-19…
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Spending More and More for Less and Less at the Pentagon
Rep. Mike Rogers (R-Ala.) and Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.), ranking members of the House and Senate Armed Services Committee, are calling for an increase of $50…
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Top Three Things Shaping US Public Discourse in 2022
Poor evaluation of economy is pushing Biden’s approval ratings down as midterms approach I’m looking forward to attending the annual conference of the Midwest Political Science…