Last week, President Trump traveled to Europe, jumped into British politics, patronized the Irish Prime Minister and attacked House Speaker Pelosi while he sat in front of American war graves at Normandy. It’s no surprise that Democrats and “Never Trumpers” want to see him defeated next year. But Trump won’t be the sole focus of […]
Independence Day comes in less than a month. Many remember it as marking end of British rule over the American colonies. But, as the Declaration of Independence itself stated, the purpose was to end “all allegiance to the British crown.” The Declaration is not a collection of grievances about Britain. It is a list of […]
In European restaurants, dishes on the menu have footnotes, numbers that are a key to the food allergies of each item. The European Union has issued a rule requiring this information. To some, this rule might seem like overkill. Maybe customers should take of themselves. That sort of EU power represented the main issue in […]
The world is growing older. Except for Africa south of the Sahara, the average age is increasing. There are more old people thanks to medical advances that, together with lifestyle changes, help prolong life. At the same time, there are fewer young people as parents choose to have smaller families. While China ended its rule […]
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi wants the Democratic presidential candidate next year to score a landslide victory over President Trump. If he lost by a narrow margin, she worries that Trump would challenge the result, claiming there had been a conspiracy to rig the election. He might then refuse to leave office at the end of […]
When he ran for president, Donald Trump refused to make his tax returns public, saying they were under IRS audit. His message was that he would make them public as soon as they were final. A taxpayer can make his returns public even when under audit. One reason for temporary secrecy may be that the […]
True or false? The U.S. Constitution begins: “Natural Rights. All people … have certain natural, inherent and inalienable rights….” False. That is in the first sentence of the Maine Constitution. Most other states have a natural rights clause. For example, the Kansas Constitution begins: “Equal rights. All men are possessed of equal and inalienable natural […]
Impeachment is in the air. The Mueller report made no criminal charges against President Trump, but questioned some of his attempts to obstruct the inquiry. Some in Congress believe he should be impeached for those actions. Impeachment is almost always political, and it could well be in this case. Only Democrats are considering impeachment. They […]
Julian Assange creates problems. The Wikileaks founder does it not only by releasing stolen documents, but also by his own release from the Ecuadorian embassy in London. Assange enjoyed Ecuador’s diplomatic protection, because he feared the British would send him to the U.S. to be tried for releasing secret documents. The former Ecuadorian president shared […]
Remember the Great Recession of 2008? Thanks to prosperity since then, memory may have faded. The steady growth in the American economy is largely the result of two-fisted government action by the president and the Federal Reserve. They each used different tools. Increased spending on public projects can help turn the economy around. It pumps […]
