A few weeks ago, we criticized a key part of Kamala Harris's economic program in our post Why Price Controls Cannot Work. Now I'd like to criticize a key part of Donald Trump's economic program: imposing a 10%-20% tariff on all imports, and a 60% tariff for all goods made in China.
"Everyone has a vocation, but not all have jobs," observes economist Anne Bradley. "Meaningful work, not just jobs, can happen inside the market where we buy and sell our labor and outside the market in our homes, neighborhoods, churches, and civic institutions; it all matters."
Welfare and our fiscal woes; the problem with Ranked-Choice voting; and Artificial Intelligence providing both the music and the audience. BULLETIN: Someone else tried to assassinate Trump.
Have you noticed how many movies today are remakes of --almost always better--movies made years ago, or sequels of those old movies? This lack of freshness, this repetition of formulas, this relentless looking back for material rather than coming up with something original seems to be a syndrome that plagues nearly all of the arts. It's a sign of our cultural dead ends and the end of progressivism. It might also herald a renaissance around the corner.
What are your thoughts about the debate between our presidential candidates?
There is a woke left. But there is also a woke right. And the two are basically the same.
Many observers have noticed that when religion declines, other things--most noticably politics--rush in to fill the void. Joshua Mitchell contrasts "complete religions" that are universal in scope and in resolution and "incomplete religions" in which "Impure groups" are demonized and "pure groups" are exalted as being above reproach.
Synonyms are two words that have the same meaning. They are often used interchangeably. And yet they often have different shades of meaning. Take the two words "liberty," which connotes the absence of coercion, and "freedom," which means the ability to do what we want.
The problem with 15-week abortion bans; Switzerland is reconsidering its neutrality; and leftist dictator changes the date of Christmas.
According to conventional conservative wisdom, big government is a threat to freedom, while small government allows individual liberty to flourish. But William A. Galston of the "Wall Street Journal" argues that "There’s No Freedom Without Government." Where he's right, and where he's wrong.
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