Author: nick
Conservative intellectuals have spent the past month fiercely debating the “common good.” On one side are those who believe that government policy should operate on this principle (however it’s defined). On the other side are those who warn that it threatens individual liberty. The debate inspired dozens of articles and tweets on the topic, illustrating some of the bitter divides on the right during the second Trump administration. But for all the attention paid to the common good, a key factor was left out of the debate: the actual opinions of Republican voters. If anything, the much-derided sentiment of “Leave…
An executive order to rename Lake Ontario is a bandage on a wounded ego, not the power move Trump seems to think it is. Source link
NH Senate Race Leans Dem, But It's Not in the Bag Source link
The United States Treasury announced plans Friday to cut a major Egyptian bank’s branches in the United Arab Emirates out of the dollar system as part of “Operation Economic Outcast,” the new sanctions campaign against Iran. Banque Misr, Egypt’s second-largest bank, has 30 days before the new rule revoking correspondence rights with American financial institutions for its UAE operation comes into effect. “Treasury promised to sever every economic lifeline Tehran has left and finally end the threat of the Iranian regime,” said Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent in a department press release. “We also warned that Iran’s enablers cannot continue to…
With the key primaries over except for New Hampshire, the dance card for the Senate is set. And so are the odds. Historically, the first midterm election is bad for the president’s party, with the question being not whether there will be losses, but how many. Polymarket puts the odds of a Democratic sweep (Senate and House) at 49 cents, Kalshi at 46 (Note: All odds are as of the writing of this column). Even so, individually, Democrats are favored in four of the five swing states and Texas as roughly a tossup. Both sites have Michigan and Alaska at…
I have some suspicions. Source link
When I first ran for Illinois state representative in 2014, one reform I proposed was simple: Give Illinois citizens the same right that citizens in many other states enjoy – the right to recall elected officials. Twelve years later, Illinois politicians have demonstrated that recall is not merely a good idea. It is necessary. State Reps. Carol Ammons and Harry Benton are just two names in a long line of Illinois public officials whose alleged or reported conduct has raised serious questions about their fitness for office. Yet Illinois voters have little ability to do anything about an elected official…
Closing the Tourist Visa Loophole Source link
U.S. Can't Fake Its Way Out of Fiscal Trouble Source link
Warsh: The Hawk at Jackson Hole Source link