USA Politics
The Public School Shell Game Dwarfs the Phantom Day Cares
Adults siphon off taxpayer money earmarked for kids, and no one is held accountable. Teachers’ unions share the same dysfunctional incentives as headline-grabbing fraudsters in Minnesota.
Funny How None of Them Buys What They’re Selling
It’s not that these people are stupid. It’s that the rules they preach are for you, not for them.
The Trump Doctrine
A Trump doctrine that aims at nullifying the most dangerous threats to US security would help accomplish this.
The Limits of the Fed’s Immunity
The DOJ’s investigation is ugly politics, but we might welcome a test of whether central bankers are subject to the same oversight as everyone else.
The Man Who Lit the Washington Monument Like a Candle
Barrett and his team raced back to the Washington Monument to feed a copy of the 19-minute show, about two terabytes of data, into four servers. “The pivot from shooting furniture to counting myself as being seen by 400 million people, or whatever the most recent numbers are, is mind boggling.”
Ooh, Tim Walz Is Angry
But it’s rational Americans – regardless of political affiliation – who should be angry: angry that the people destroying America act like they’re the victims when their own policies produce the chaos.
The Aim Is America First
Is war with China Trump’s plan? I doubt it. But it would be remiss not to point this out.
We Can’t Say We Weren’t Warned
What does all this mean for New Zealand? Unsurprisingly and happily, America’s National Security Strategy makes no mention of New Zealand. It would be great if the US forgot about us entirely in a situation where we have no obvious enemies, unless of course we choose to ally ourselves with the US.
Winston Peters Delivers a Blunt Message to RBNZ’s Clueless Governor
Winston Peters is right and the Reserve Bank Governor is wrong. Breman should stick to managing New Zealand’s monetary policy and leave the international posturing to those elected to handle it.
This Is About More Than Money
A global climate, health, or development system that depends on the continuous escalation of crisis narratives is structurally incapable of declaring success. Trump’s decision confronts that reality directly.