Trump's Cabinet
Is AG Sessions a Good Thing for Immigration Reform?

The Senate’s foremost immigration hawk is now Attorney General. Could that be a good thing for pro-immigrant advocates?

America's Game
Pope Francis’ Super Bowl Message and Our Elite-Populist Wars

Anyone who has spent two minutes in policy circles has met the kind of person who flaunts their ignorance of and disdain for football, or “sportball” in general, as badge of honor. These people are educated fools.

Old Hickory's New Digs
Andrew Jackson: So Much Winning

What a difference a year makes: Jackson goes from off the $20 to on the wall of the Oval Office.

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Trump's Executive Order
The Refugee Ban and the Holocaust

The foreign policy failures of the Obama years are father to Trump’s callous treatment of refugees.

Pres. Trump's Wall
Nemesis Comes for the Immigration Reformers

President Trump’s executive order reveals a generational failure in governance.

Greeks Bearing Debts
A Heckuva Way to Bail Out Germany’s Banks

Greece’s recurrent crisis is the result of bad Greek and German decisions alike. Only one is in year eight of a depression as a result.

Military Spending
From the Dep’t. of “If You Have to Say It”

The UK government promises that Britain’s new aircraft carriers will have aircraft.

Wet Foot Dry Foot
President Obama’s Cynical Cuban Refugee Ploy

The President’s change in policy toward Cuban refugees seems to have more basis in domestic politics than international relations.

After Brexit
A Snap(chat) Vote of Confidence

Undeterred by Brexit, tech giants invest in the UK.

Sir Humphrey Revolts
No, Prime Minister

Charge of the Light Brigade? UK’s chief Brexit negotiator quit abruptly this week

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