There are times when publishing a letter by an anonymous writer is prudent. For example, the WSJ reports that in 1991 it shielded the name of a rape victim amid a debate over publishing the names of victims. Using pseudonyms for authors at times has shielded the identities of writers at risk of being punished […]
Cory Booker’s AHA Moment Subverted
To much fanfare, Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) on Thursday released emails from Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh’s time as a White House counsel, escalating a heated fight over his documents. Booker released approximately 12 pages of emails tied to discussions Kavanaugh had on racial inequality including one email thread titled “racial profiling.” The documents are marked “committee confidential,” meaning they were not […]
Record High Truck Sales Again as the Trump Economy Booms
The booming Trump Economy is creating massive demand for big rigs. Orders hit a record for the second month in a row in August, and the backlog of truck orders is the longest it has ever been. The Wall Street Journal‘s Eric Phillips writes: Fleets last month ordered 53,100 Class 8 trucks, the largest vehicles […]
President Donald Trump: America’s Job Creating Champion
The number of initial jobless claims recorded last week was the lowest in 49 years. President Donald Trump is America’s job creating champion today. Reuters’ Lucia Mutikani reports: The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment aid fell to near a 49-year low last week and private payrolls rose steadily in August According to a […]
President Donald Trump: America’s Blue Collar Jobs Creator
At CBS News, Michael Graham, a conservative columnist for the Boston Herald, explains why, despite incessant negative media coverage of President Trump, his approval ratings continue to rise on average. He writes of America’s jobs champion (abridged): On Labor Day 2017, the polls were dismal for President Trump — according to Real Clear Politics, his average approval […]
Why Does Trump’s Political Standing Remain Stable?
It’s the economy, stupid, as James Carville, Bill Clinton’s adviser, famously quipped during the Bush (H.W.)/Clinton presidential campaign. President Trump, despite operating in an atmosphere of emergency, crisis and imminent doom, even before he was inaugurated, seems to move on. But why and how? Here are a handful of reasons from Matthew Continetti in NRO: […]
Trump’s Tax Cuts Make America Money Again
America is making money again as corporate profits soar 16.1% compared to last year. The Wall Street Journal’s Harriet Torry and Theo Francis report on the Trump administration’s economic achievements: The Commerce Department said Wednesday that after-tax profits across the U.S. rose 16.1% from a year earlier, the largest year-over-year gain in six years. Sales by S&P […]
Consumer Confidence Soars in the Trump Economy
Americans are back to work, and with their new jobs they are feeling extremely confident as consumers. The Conference Board’s survey of Consumer Confidence shows American consumers feeling better than they have since December of 2000. Martin Crutsinger reports at the AP: Americans’ consumer confidence rose in August to the highest level in nearly 18 […]
President Trump Generates Historic Economic Enthusiasm
This fall Americans will have a once-in-a lifetime chance to help keep America’s job machine humming and full employment for skilled workers. The progressive/liberal high-tax, heavy-regulation Obama administration nearly pushed America’s economy into recession (see my charts). Just the announcement of a tax-cutting Trump victory slammed on the recession brakes and propelled the historic jobs […]
20 Months of Unprecedented Venom and Fury
“Donald Trump,” Victor Davis Hanson writes, “has been subjected to nearly 20 months of unprecedented venom and fury.” Yes, Trump’s past associates are uncouth if not criminally minded, and Trump himself can be shockingly course and apparently undisciplined in his private life. … none of which justifies the allegations that he has committed high crimes […]
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