Archive for June, 2016
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Run, Mitt, Run
Posted on June 30, 2016
Mitt Romney’s children want him to run for President. The former Massachusetts Governor let that slip in a press interview the other day. It seems to me that the Mittster...
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Trump Is Not the Only GOP Heretic on Free Trade
Posted on June 29, 2016
(This originally appeared in the Wall Street Journal’s Think Tank) The headlines blared breathlessly. “Trump Breaks With Party on Trade.” “Defying GOP orthodoxy, Trump trashes trade deals.” And so forth....
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Credibility, Plausibility And Donald Trump
Posted on June 29, 2016
(This originally appeared on the website Political Storm) According to the dictionary, plausibility means “Seemingly or apparently valid, likely, or acceptable; credible: a plausible excuse. Persuasive or ingratiating, especially in an...
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The Clash of Civilizations And the 2016 Election
Posted on June 28, 2016
It is my hypothesis that the fundamental source of conflict in this new world will not be primarily ideological or primarily economic. The great divisions among humankind and the dominating...
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A Return to Splendid Isolation?
Posted on June 24, 2016
They may have voted to leave, but the truth is they can’t go that far. The Brexit vote will roil the markets, anger Brussels bureaucrats, and cause great angst among...
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