06 Sep

Posted at 09:16h in General

in “The Big Blue Cities,” TLR discussed how polarization in America resulted in a geographical Great Bifurcation, contrasting the social, political, economic and aspirational goals of city-dwellers – those living in Big Blue Democratic Cities (including New York, Boston, Philadelphia, Washington, D.C., Atlanta, Miami, Chicago,...

16 Aug

Posted at 08:49h in Economics, General

The Federal government is giving away money to bailing out America’s airlines. With Covid-19 ravaging airlines’ bottom lines, many believe this to be appropriate, an economically-wise decision. It isn’t. There are terribly consequential choices that governments have to make in order to ensure the well-being of their...

30 Sep

Posted at 05:35h in General

Historians eagerly highlight the foreign policy strategies pursued by the overtly hawkish Reagan Administration, a strategy of “peace through strength.”  As described in “Speak Softly and Carry a Big Stick” in the March 27, 2019 TLR, Reagan adopted a set of muscular U.S. policies that...