Author: lenrothman

So were are we in this deal?

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-asean-summit-analysis/us-china-tensions-spur-progress-on-giant-asia-trade-pact-idUSKBN1X80NY

“The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) could become the world’s largest free trade zone, comprising 16 countries that account for a third of global gross domestic product and nearly half the world’s population.”

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“Your honor, my client could not have committed that crime. He is…”

https://www.businessinsider.com/lindsey-graham-trump-ukraine-too-incoherent-quid-pro-quo-2019-11

“What I can tell you about the Trump policy toward Ukraine: It was incoherent. It depends on who you talk to; they seem to be incapable of forming a quid pro quo,” L. Graham, Senator

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And while we are on the subject of tax cuts and debt, let’s take a peek at WSJ

https://www.wsj.com/articles/tax-cuts-for-the-wealthy-make-inequality-worse-11572561280

The author has some economic “cred”. “Mr. Blinder is a professor of economics and public affairs at Princeton University and a former vice chairman of the Federal Reserve.”

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A view from the right intelligentsia

https://www.wsj.com/articles/this-impeachment-subverts-the-constitution-11572040762

The bona fides of the authors are pretty compelling, and their arguments are somewhat grounded.

I say somewhat, because they talk about “rules” for impeachment, not as written, of course, but just what they said happened in the 3 other times: Johnson, Nixon and Clinton. Continue reading “A view from the right intelligentsia” →