It is axiomatic that if someone is sufficiently eager to disbelieve something, there is no Everest of evidence too large to be ignored. This explains today鈥檚 revival of protectionism, which is a plan to make America great again by making it 1953 again.This was when manufacturing鈥檚 postwar ...
<em>Local editorials from 50 years ago are being reprinted every Monday and Tuesday in this column. This editorial appeared in the Morning Herald, a predecessor of the 缅北禁地 on Dec. 26, 1966.</em>鈥淎ll men must die, but death can vary in its ...
Among the many misconceptions fueling Donald Trump鈥檚 presidential campaign, one of the most stubborn, and most pernicious, is this: Government should run like a business, ergo Mr. Trump, a businessman, is especially qualified for the White House. As evidence that this is a dangerous fallacy, ...
Voters are going to the polls this year with economic worries uppermost in their minds. Although the 鈥渉eadline鈥� unemployment rate has fallen to 5.0 percent, the labor force participation rate remains near historic lows, indicating that many people who might work are not doing so. ...
鈥淗itting a bullet with a bullet鈥� aptly describes the challenge of destroying incoming missiles, but effective defenses do exist. North Korea threats have led the Obama administration to discuss deployment in South Korea of the Lockheed Martin THAAD (Terminal High Altitude Air Defense) ...
China produces an astonishing number of astonishing numbers, including this: In the 20th century, the United States made automobiles mass-consumption items, requiring prodigious road building. China, however, poured more concrete for roads and other construction between 2011 and 2013 than the ...