Wednesday-Night

Trump administration & Immigration 2017 A shouting match inside the White House unmasks one of Trump’s biggest lies (WaPost) While angry arguments are typical in the world of stressful, high-stakes White House decision-making, this one has […]

Anne Applebaum: Saudi Arabia’s information war to bury news of Jamal Khashoggi (WaPost) Over the past several years, the Saudi government has fine-tuned a sophisticated information policy, one that bears a distinct resemblance to the sort […]

The Diplomat Magazine More on China China’s Influence (Quartz) As America retreats, China is striving for global leadership on everything from trade to climate change to advanced technology. It has the capital to fund infrastructure spending […]

Supreme Court of the United States SCOTUS & Brett Kavanaugh It’s time for term limits for Supreme Court justices (Vox) Unlike every other democracy in the world, the US has lifetime appointments for the Supreme Court. […]

See also Trade & Tariffs USMCA (formerly known as NAFTA) 6 October The Trump Trade Strategy Is Coming Into Focus. That Doesn’t Necessarily Mean It Will Work. By Neil Irwin, senior economics correspondent Taking an aggressive […]