Month: January 2017

California and Rhode Island Won’t Save Us

It’s a nice idea, Matthew Pratt Guterl, but there’s a real sense in which it would be counterproductive to follow Governor Gina Raimondo’s advice to move to Rhode Island rather than fleeing to Canada....

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Trump Takes Credit for Saving Ford Jobs

CNN Money is giving Donald Trump exactly the kind of headline that he needs and wants by giving him credit for Ford’s decision to cancel plans to move some manufacturing jobs to Mexico. In this case, Ford will invest $700...

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A Brexit doomsday scenario

The British Government appears to be blithely proceeding on the basis that it will be able to cherry pick the parts of the EU it wants, whilst at the same time achieving the freedom to do many things that it claims the EU is now...

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How Hard Right Will Trump Be?

I’m trying to decide if David Weigel is correct to frame the politics we are about to see unfold in the following way: When the 115th Congress begins this week, with Republicans firmly in charge of the House and Senate,...

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