May 15, 2019

Trump's China Tariffs Will Succeed

For the last four decades, the United States has often engaged in trading away its future by running up debt and selling assets instead of products. This brought about the stagnant living standards and incomes experienced by the U.S. middle class dur...

May 8, 2017

Why conservatives should support raising the gasoline tax

On May 1, President Trump mentioned that he might be willing to support raising the gasoline and diesel tax to pay for infrastructure improvements.  Bloomberg News reports: "It's something that I would certainly consider,...

January 29, 2016

How to remove moderator bias from the presidential debates

The 2016 presidential primary debates are arguably at a breaking point.  Donald Trump's refusal to participate in Thursday night's Fox News/Google debate raises to a new level expressions of candidate dissatisfaction with debate question...

June 2, 2015

Fast Tracking the Decline in American Power

Supporters of Obamatrade won in the Senate by selling the idea that Fast Tracking would strengthen American power. They cited a letter signed by several former defense secretaries which claimed: There would be harmful strategic consequences if w...

November 20, 2014

Cloture Rule May Be the Key Senate Vote

The most important vote that the Republican Senate takes next year may be a procedural vote.  If the Senate continues last session’s cloture rule, Senate Democrats will be given the power to keep the Republican agenda off President Obama...

August 19, 2012

Deficit Spending Doesn't Work; Balancing Trade Does

In 2008 and 2009, both American political parties favored increased deficit spending, which they called a "stimulus" in 2008 and a "recovery plan" in 2009.  The main difference was that the Democrats sought increased government spending, while t...

February 15, 2010

Playing Chicken with China

There is a game of chicken being played on trade policy with China, with potentially severe consequences for the world. China's response to U.S. and European efforts to constrain its mercantilist policies is to threaten an escalating trade ...