Today on TAP: Why did it take so long for other presidents to appreciate the power of these regulatory counterweights?
Politics
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Israel and Palestine: No Exit
Today on TAP: Hamas’s murder rampage is one more death blow to Palestinian nationalism, strengthening Israeli hawks. Outside powers (mainly the U.S.) should impose a two-state solution.
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The Speaker’s Race and the Israeli War
New urgency on foreign aid might make getting through the budget and Ukraine funding easier. More likely, it will make it harder.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Why the Full Employment Created by Bidenomics Should Be Celebrated
The economy has many problems. But the labor market hasn’t been doing this well in many decades.
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California’s Double Max
Dianne Feinstein’s death creates two elections in California’s Senate race. That means donors can max out support to their favorite candidate twice.
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It’s the Global Economy, Stupid
A new book on the Clinton presidency reveals how it abandoned a progressive vision for a finance-led agenda for economics and geopolitics.
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Invading Mexico to Destroy the Drug Cartels? Here’s How!
Today on TAP: Mexico (among others) might object, but I have a solution for that.
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
The SAFER Option for Cannabis?
What looked like a knotty but possible way forward promises to be undone by congressional chaos agents.
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Let Them Fight
Matt Gaetz successfully removed a speaker of the House for the first time in American history. Good.