“When prosperity comes, do not use all of it.” — Confucius Is China about to do the United States a big favor, however unwittingly? According to Bloomberg, China is considering whether to slow, or even stop, purchases of U.S. Treasuries. At $3.14 trillion, China holds the world’s largest foreign exchange reserves. It is also the […]
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People must be brave enough to hear the truth
I was wrong. Years ago, people used to ask me what journalists should do to combat the nation’s drift toward “factish” and “truthy” logic. What was needed, I’d reply with misplaced confidence, is robust fact-checking. If news media were more aggressive in calling people out for lying, I predicted, they’d be less likely to do […]
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Does the Fed need a new playbook?
WASHINGTON — The record of economists, including those at the Federal Reserve, over the past half century has been discouraging. The two greatest blunders are well-known: policies that fed double-digit inflation in the 1970s, reaching a peak of 13.5 percent in 1980; and the more recent failure to prevent the 2008-09 financial crisis and Great […]
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Our chance for real border security and common sense immigration reform
Finally, pushed by the will of the American People, Congress seems ready to address our nation’s serious border security and illegal immigration problems in a bipartisan way. This is our best chance in a generation to protect our Homeland, treat hard-working Americans fairly, and show compassion for those who long for American freedom and opportunity. […]
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Buy off the president, support the wall
There is a very easy way for Democrats to get major concessions from President Donald Trump on immigration: Give him his wall. This is the key to a deal codifying the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, the Obama-era de facto amnesty for a segment of so-called Dreamers. All it takes is giving Trump a […]
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Steve Bannon makes legitimate point
NEW YORK — The fire and fury over Michael Wolff’s book has largely centered on the personalities and power struggles within the White House. But behind all of that lies an important political development, one that explains the real rift between Donald Trump and his former chief strategist, Steve Bannon. President Trump seems to have […]
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Oprah seen as superhero to save U.S.
The ancient Greeks referred to the dramatic moment in some of their plays as “deus ex machina,” the god from the machine. The term, introduced by the Greek tragedian Aeschylus, has, according to definition, “evolved to mean a plot device whereby a seemingly unsolvable problem is suddenly and abruptly resolved by the inspired and unexpected […]
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Dr. King’s words still ring true … 61 years later
A few words on the difficulty of voting while black. As we mark what would have been his 89th birthday, it seems fitting to recall that Martin Luther King spoke to that difficulty in a 1957 speech whose words ring relevant 61 years later. “All types of conniving methods are still being used to prevent […]
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The perfect time for additional welfare reform
Welfare reform — what is it? The progressive liberal portrays welfare reform as punishing folks by taking away their monetary help with food and housing. The conservative viewpoint is that nonworking folks who are unable to provide for themselves deserve help and those who are able-bodied should be encouraged to find employment and enter the […]
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Children need high quality child care
As law enforcement officials, we know we won’t always be in the right place at the right time to stop a crime as it is committed. It is a hard reality that much of our work happens after someone has been hurt or something has been lost. That is why it is important to have […]