Although I have said that former President Trump should not be put in jail, I think he was a terrible President. He may have committed crimes, but I think the criminal aspect of his Presidency is less clear than his… Read More »Don’t Elect Trump
I think Trump is guilty of many things, some of which may be felonies, but I don’t support putting a former (and perhaps future) President in jail. I don’t think that the courts should overrule the American people. If the… Read More »Don’t Put Trump in Jail
The United States has increased restrictions on high tech chip related items being exported to China, according to Wikipedia. In 2022 it issued new Department of Commerce regulations restricting the types of chips that can be sold to China as… Read More »Export Controls on China
The federal court decision striking down Biden’s asylum rule for migrants is just the latest example of America not being able to function because of proliferating court decisions that block government actions. Legal review is necessary, but it should be… Read More »Broken Legal System
Today’s political turmoil highlights the insightfulness of James Madison’s Federalist Papers Number 10, which addressed the need to “break and control the violence of faction.” Madison said that often “the public good is disregarded in the conflicts of rival parties,… Read More »Federalist #10
Reason Magazine says that Senator Joe Manchin is one of the few adults in Congress. It reports that he said: “We’ve been spending more than we bring in every year for the past 21 years, and the debt that has resulted… Read More »Reasonable Joe Manchin
The Financial Times story by Edward Luce says that Jimmy Carter has been wronged by history. He was a much better President than he is portrayed to be. Luce says: The downside to US political memory is that substance often counts for… Read More »Carter Was a Good President