SCOTUS calls a halt…
…to the House’s fishing expedition attempt to subpoena Trump’s financial records from before he was president. You can read about it here. It’s a temporary stay, pending a full appeal.
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The mullahs feel the economic heat
The leaders of Iran are feeling the economic pressure exerted by the Trump administration: The critics of President Trump’s Iran policy have been proven wrong: the US sanctions are imposing significant pressure on the ruling mullahs of Iran and the … Continue reading →
Bashing Bain
Deval Patrick has entered the Democratic race, and John Hinderaker writes: …[I]t is worth noting that Patrick resigned from Bain Capital the day before he announced. Of course, there is nothing wrong with working for Bain; it is a perfectly … Continue reading →
Jet Blue is all excited about its new fare structure
I got one of those “We’re so excited to be able to offer you something new and we’re sure you’ll love because it’s so fabulous!” emails today. It’s from Jet Blue, and they’re announcing a new and more complicated fare … Continue reading →
Elizabeth Warren tries some math on Medicare for All…
…and the results are not good: Elizabeth Warren has come up with a plan to pay for her “Medicare For All” proposal, which has a price tag in the tens of trillions of dollars. Part of the plan is a … Continue reading →
Politicians and promises: Trump vs. the Socialists
An interesting discussion ensued in the “Being a Socialist means you never have to explain” thread. In the post, I had pointed out that both Sanders and Warren were promoting single payer health care and refusing to tell us how … Continue reading →
Being a Socialist means you never have to explain
How dare you even ask a Socialist to explain? As Bernie Sanders says: When pressed by CNBC’s John Harwood on how a Sanders administration would come up with enough revenue for the program, Sanders dismissed the concern. “You’re asking me … Continue reading →
On China and the US: speak no evil
There’s so much news lately that I haven’t given enough attention to some of the big stories, such as all the recent coverage of the NBA and China. It’s not that I care much about the NBA; I don’t. I … Continue reading →
A sample of Utopian leftist thought today: Part II, Richard D. Wolff and the ice cream cones
[NOTE: Part I can be found here.] In that same interview I wrote about in Part I, someone named Richard Wolff had a few things to say as well. Wolff’s academic credentials are impressive, if you’re impressed by that sort … Continue reading →
Let’s talk about China
I’ll start with an autobiographical note. When I was young, China was terra incognita. Travel was prohibited there and little news got in or out compared to most of the other countries of the world, including the USSR. It was … Continue reading →
A sample of Utopian leftist thought today: Part I, Rutger Bregman, Utopia for Realists
Utopia for Realists. If that book title sounds like an oxymoron, it certainly doesn’t to its author Rutger Bregman: Imagining utopia, writes Dutch historian Rutger Bregman, “isn’t an attempt to predict the future. It’s an attempt to unlock the future. … Continue reading →
The current crop of Democrats voice ideas that just a while while ago were kept hidden
Dennis Prager does the hard work I don’t want to do—which is to listen to the entirety of the recent Democratic debates, and to point out some of the excesses. To take one example: Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn.: “If billionaires … Continue reading →