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Month: August 2019

Malign Neglect

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“The bill on 25 years of malign neglect has come due. With it comes not only economic upheaval but the realization that we have become so entangled in the communist sweatshop economy that we now lack the leverage to pressure China on human rights.”

I wrote about the causes of the trade war with China today at The Federalist.

  • Date August 29, 2019
  • Tags china, trade, trump
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Political Charts

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No new article today, but here’s a chart of the changes in party membership in the House of Representatives since the rise of the Whig Party. Enjoy!

  • Date August 26, 2019
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Work and the American Dream

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President Trump’s proposed “public charge” regulations don’t reflect a change in our immigration system, but a change in how we think about the welfare state. My latest at The Federalist.

  • Date August 17, 2019
  • Tags history, immigration, law, trump, welfare
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Before Ocasio-Cortez, there was Marcantonio

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez isn’t the first radical socialist member of Congress from New York. Today at National Review, I wrote about what we can learn from the last one, Vito Marcantonio.

  • Date August 13, 2019
  • Tags history, new york, socialism
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Wealth Taxes Don’t Work

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And now for Part 2 of my Federalist article on Elizabeth Warren’s proposed wealth tax: why it won’t work.

  • Date August 12, 2019
  • Tags 2020, elizabeth warren, tax
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Wealth Taxes and the Constitution

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I wrote two articles for The Federalist about Elizabeth Warren’s wealth tax plan. In Part 1, published today, I discuss why the tax would be unconstitutional.

  • Date August 8, 2019
  • Tags 2020, constitution, elizabeth warren, history, tax
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Star Trek and Endless War

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Deep Space Nine fans, rejoice: the 25th-anniversary recap series is back from hiatus. Read my piece about season 1, episode 12, today at The Federalist.

  • Date August 7, 2019
  • Tags star trek
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More Friday Baseball Charts

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No new article today, so it’s time for some more charts. In this one, I tracked baseball’s leading strikeout leaders over time. Enjoy!

  • Date August 2, 2019
  • Tags baseball, charts
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Detroit Debate Part Deux

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More debates mean more shouting, more umbrage-taking, and above all more tweets. I collected the best of them this morning for The Federalist.

  • Date August 1, 2019
  • Tags 2020, andrew yang, bill de blasio, Cory Booker, debate, Democrats, jay inslee, joe biden, julian castro, kamala harris, kirsten gillibrand, michael bennet, tulsi gabbard, twitter
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