by jpitney | Oct 16, 2025 | civic virtue, Free Speech
Mike Johnson: Did you know that censorship hurts your brain? Yes, it does, according to Barbara Oakley, Oakland University professor writing in the Wall Street Journal last month: “Our brains are built to form habits…deep learning circuits that automate...
by jpitney | Oct 15, 2025 | China, Economic Policy, Trade
Lingling Wei and Gavin Bade at WSJ: In its trade standoff with Washington, Beijing thinks it has found America’s Achilles’ heel: President Trump’s fixation on the stock market. China’s leader, Xi Jinping, is betting that the U.S. economy can’t absorb a prolonged trade...
by jpitney | Oct 12, 2025 | Economic Policy
Congratulations to @MariaCorinaYA on receiving the Nobel Peace Prize. Her courageous fight for democracy in Venezuela is a reminder that socialism doesn’t lift people up, it holds them down. We continue to stand with the Venezuelan people in their pursuit of freedom,...
by jpitney | Oct 11, 2025 | China, Trade
Vivian Wang and Keith Bradsher at NYT: As the trade war between the United States and China kicked back into high gear after a period of tentative détente, it was clear just how vast the gulf of misunderstanding between the two superpowers had become. President Trump...
by jpitney | Oct 10, 2025 | Civility, Congress, Violence
Justin Papp at Roll Call: “A shutdown distracts from a lot of things, and could clearly distract from a mission like trying to dial down the rhetoric,” said Rodney Davis, an Illinois Republican who joined more than 100 other former members of Congress last year...
