Tariffs, Trumpets, and the Music of Confusion

Tariffs, Trumpets, and the Music of Confusion

Donald Trump was inspired. In fact, he had a most glorious notion; this impulsive whim was conceived not in the dusty halls of learning nor among those afflicted with arithmetic or economic skills, but in the resonant chambers of self-proclaimed confidence. The notion...
The Playgound Bully, Gunships, and Jet Fighters

The Playgound Bully, Gunships, and Jet Fighters

Every playground has one. The child who, upon discovering he has a slightly larger physique or a louder voice, decides that diplomacy is for the weak and that shoving is a form of leadership. History, it seems, has not outgrown playground recess. A country, like a...