The Justice Department's antitrust division was directed to pause all cooperation with Canada amid the escalating U.S.-Canada trade war, according to a report.
BOONE COUNTY, West Virginia — Not many people in the national press were paying attention to the Democratic presidential primary results in West Virginia on May 8, 2012. Barack Obama was the incumbent president, and few outside local press noticed that Keith Russell Judd, a Texas convict sitting in a federal prison for extortion, had sent […]
Once upon a time on Comedy Central, Jon Stewart was seen as more honest than the most milquetoast anchor on cable news. The host of The Daily Show from 1999 to 2015, whose favorite pastime might have been mocking politicians, especially Republicans, was once described as “the Most Trusted Man in America” and commanded an […]
Although President Joe Biden has so far adhered to his promise to respect the independence of the Federal Reserve, fellow Democrats continue to refuse to play quite so coy, with Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA) overtly calling upon Chairman Jerome Powell to juice the economy in time for the president’s reelection by cutting the federal funds […]
For all the ink that has been spilled describing former President Donald Trump‘s problems with suburban college-educated voters, one would think the former president and likely Republican nominee is headed to a blowout loss in November. Given the narrative, one would presume that there is a groundswell of support for President Joe Biden, Trump’s likely […]
President Joe Biden would be wise to avoid another Afghanistan situation by pulling all American forces out of Syria before ISIS has been vanquished. On Wednesday, Charles Lister, senior fellow and director of the Middle East Institute’s Syria Program, published an article warning that the United States military was making secret preparations to evacuate the […]
Any interested NFL team has a great opportunity awaiting it. The New England Patriots cut ties with longtime head coach Bill Belichick earlier this month, making him available for other teams to hire. The Atlanta Falcons are reportedly interested. However, due to the NFL‘s “Rooney Rule,” teams must interview at least one non-white candidate during the hiring process for […]
This X post went viral earlier this month. Murdoch, a columnist and data scientist, argues that the tone of a culture has serious economic impacts. Counting certain words used in books — for instance, progress, improvement, advance vs. worry, threat, at risk — Murdoch argues that an optimistic cultural mood actually was a cause of […]
People are divided into two economies right now. For the elite, defined as those living in urban areas with a postgraduate degree making at least $150,000 a year, the economy under President Joe Biden has been great. Seventy-four percent of such voters tell pollsters their personal finances are getting better. For the rest of America, […]
