Clear back in 1992, while advising Bill Clinton on his ultimately successful White House run, James Carville coined the phrase “It’s the economy, stupid.” It has attained political immortality, still invoked virtually every election season more than thirty years later—and for good reason. Americans may disagree about a lot of things—most things, if I’m beingContinue reading “It’s the Economy, Stupid”
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Understanding Trump and his Tariffs
Trying to narrow down this topic into a single, coherent article has been a massive challenge, but I’ve done my best. Here are the keys to understanding what the president believes, what he’s doing, and why he’s wrong. “America is getting ripped off.” Trump has believed this for decades. In 1987 he took out full-pageContinue reading “Understanding Trump and his Tariffs”
Wilderness Dispatch 