The most dangerous place for black people to live is in white people’s imagination. So says comedian D.L. Hughley. And surely Tamir Rice and Trayvon Martin would concur if they were alive to do so. But if white people’s imagination is the most dangerous place for black people, it is also the most denigrating. Fresh […]
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Maritime chokepoints a strategic challenge
In January, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence published two complementary documents: “National Intelligence Strategy 2019” and “The Worldwide Threat Assessment of the U.S. Intelligence Community.” The second report was based on DNI Daniel Coats testimony before the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence. The Strategy report had succinct summaries of challenges America faces. […]
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Trump makes play for political center
WASHINGTON — With Democrats embracing neo-socialist policies to eliminate private health insurance and fossil fuels, America’s political center is up for grabs. In his State of the Union address Tuesday night, President Trump made a concerted — if belated — play for it. A State of the Union address is the one moment when the […]
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Abortion laws abandon sanctity of life
The uproar over New York State’s Reproductive Health Act, which allows late-term abortions performed by “health-care practitioners” when the “patient is within 24 weeks from the commencement of pregnancy, or there is an absence of fetal viability or the abortion is necessary to protect the patient’s life or health” should come as no surprise. These […]
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Foxconn snookers Americans yet again
At the White House celebration of a planned new factory in Wisconsin — “the size of three Pentagons” — the Great Negotiator was all smiles. That would be Terry Gou, CEO of the Taiwanese electronics giant Foxconn. The guy standing next to him was Donald Trump. The president said that Foxconn would invest $10 billion […]
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The Fed pushes job creation as job one
WASHINGTON — Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome (“Jay”) Powell didn’t waste much time getting to the point at last week’s press conference. “My colleagues and I have one overarching goal: to sustain the economic expansion, with a strong job market and stable prices, for the benefit of the American people,” he said. It was a statement […]
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Kamala Harris and 'Medicare-for-all'
Sen. Kamala Harris committed a most unusual gaffe at her CNN town hall the other night — not by misspeaking about one of her central policy proposals, but by describing it accurately. Asked on Monday night if the “Medicare-for-all” plan that she’s co-sponsoring with Sen. Bernie Sanders eliminates private health insurance, she said that it […]
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The college dilemma: vocational or liberal arts?
Nobody has better framed the difficulty of a tough choice than Robert Frost. “Two woods diverged in a yellow wood,” he began in “The Road Not Taken.” He concluded, “I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference.” Our choices don’t always narrow to two. But for decades America’s colleges […]
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Some books just aren't worth the time
It’s a new literary genre — books by former staff members and aides who now want to dish about the awfulness of Donald Trump or his White House. Last month, former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie debuted the latest book in that field, “Let Me Finish: Trump, the Kushners, Bannon, New Jersey and the Power […]
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Idea of wealth tax gaining traction
By Christine Emba The Washington Post “This billionaire NFL owner just paid $100M for a ‘superyacht’ with its own iMax theater,” the tweet began. Teaser for the reboot of “MTV Cribs”? Not quite. “I’m pretty sure he can pay my new #UltraMillionaireTax to help the millions of yacht-less Americans struggling with student loan debt,” Sen. […]