Trump the Wuss
Trump has confirmed over and over that he's a weakling masquerading as a tough guy.
Trump has confirmed over and over that he's a weakling masquerading as a tough guy.
Declining support for unfettered debate among politicians, academics, and the public doesn't bode well for the future of free speech.
Let's hope he mitigates the president's worst protectionist instincts.
ACLU steps in to fight zoning regulations that appear to let officials veto art based on content.
From "bowling ball tests" to tariffs, the president doesn't know what he's talking about. His ignorance grows more dangerous each day.
Hopefully he will be a positive force from his new perch at the White House.
An ICE spokesman resigning because he "didn't feel like fabricating the truth" should be a wake-up call about the White House's factually untethered approach to immigration policy.
The president's wall promise rests on the same basis as a Ponzi scheme.
Raising the purchase age for guns won't stop mass shooters but will hurt law-abiding Americans.
The president is touting a study that underestimates the wall's cost by a wide margin.
Secretary of State replaced by CIA Director Mike Pompeo, who is replaced by torture aficionado Gina Haspel.
It was supposed to be a temporary stimulus program. Instead it's an engine for pork.
From emulating China to opening up with North Korea, what to do when the president says the damndest things?
On trade, foreign policy, and so much more, he's Clinton, Bush, and Obama without the charm and respect. That can be a good thing.
"Tariffs will inadvertently drive the price of American steel higher," says American Keg CEO Paul Czachor.
You cannot advocate trade restrictions without also advocating state-bestowed privilege.
The plan calls for $1 trillion is spending on everything from walking trails to high-speed internet.
A lawsuit leads to a suggestion that the president engage in a kinder, gentler ignoring.
If he believes this economically illiterate nonsense, he shouldn't be trusted to run the Department of Commerce. If he doesn't believe it, neither should you.
Hawks and anti-Trumpers are going bananas at the news, but a rare lunge for peace sounds more promising than the constant threat of war.
A 25 percent tariff on steel and a 10 percent tariff on aluminum will take effect in 15 days, unless GOP lawmakers take unusual steps to stop them.
Somebody tell the president.
Immigration, federalism, and the 10th Amendment
Politicians love to find scapegoats for mass shootings, especially if it lets them exonerate law enforcement and the social welfare state.
The benefits of a huge new tariff on steel will be highly concentrated in the steel industry, while the costs will be borne by other parts of the economy.
The Academy Awards broadcast pulled fewer eyeballs for the same reason movie-ticket sales are down: We have more options. Thank God.
The 2016 Libertarian presidential candidate on "Aleppo," Donald Trump's unexpected good points, and why Hillary Clinton's trolls were worse than Russian ones.
The Justice Department wants to block three laws that it says hamper immigration enforcement.
Rybka has spent the past several years as a protegee of pickup artist and seduction coach Alex Lesley-and picked up a plausible claim to 2016 election dirt along the way.
And the EU's response to the tariffs will whack workers who build motorcycles.
If drug dealers have blood on their hands, so do drug warriors.
Given the state of the modern GOP, that's a very big "if." But the senator is trying for a vote again this week.
When it comes to trade, the president believes a lot of nonsense.
Senator tells Reason "most of the businesses in Kentucky are quite worried about a trade war." But will a weak Congress confront Trump?
John Stossel says voluntary, free trade improves lives.
Senior policy adviser is a walking conflict of interest playing way out of his depth. But is that reason enough to make his Arab-world dealings subject to the Mueller investigation?
Making drug-company shareholders foot the bill for a public health crisis is flaky and counterproductive.
The proposed tariffs are an exercise in ego, not economics.
President's hasty new "trade war" will damage the American economy while continuing his process of removing tariff-reduction from two-party politics.
No, Call of Duty is not making kids shoot up schools.
He's made the party's economic agenda an extension of the culture wars.
And they'll make lots of other things more expensive too.
Trump's embrace of gun control is consistent with his views before he ran for president.
And throws a bipartisan sentencing reform bill under the bus.
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