David Kennedy asked me to frame the discussion tonight by imagining what should be in the next president’s in-box the day after inauguration. I was immediately reminded of my friend, Al Carnesale, a nuclear engineer and Chancellor Emeritus at UCLA.
It is very difficult to take issue with the pessimistic tone of Adam White’s sensible advice to the next President on 10 ways to promote the rule of law. All of the topics that he mentions are understood as serious, systemic weaknesses. When it comes to administrative law, President Obama has a penchant for excessive regulation on substantive matters.
Every time the Clinton campaign hits a rough patch — the Clinton Foundation disclosures, the State Department e-mail scandals, Hillary’s health crisis, the “deplorables” smear, the WikiLeaks releases — it lets off an IED, from the staged theatrics of the Khans and the Venezuela beauty queen to the Access Hollywood tape and the groper accusations.
[Subscription Required] Parents facing rising costs for new clothes, backpacks and school supplies could be in for an unwelcome surprise. If the New York State PTA gets its way, the cost of school lunches may rise by a lot — and become less nutritious to boot.
Hoover Institution fellow Niall Ferguson discusses whether the legacy of former Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan has been fairly or unfairly tarnished by the perception of his role in the financial crash.
Hoover Institution fellow Robert Barro talks about the Bank of Korea along with other central banks who have kept nominal interest rates that they control too low, kind of artificially low, a strange kind of policy you haven't seen before the great recession created in 2008 and 2009. So I think Korea along with other central banks should be moving towards raising nominal rates back to the more nominal range maybe 3 to 4 percent.
Maryland school board member Chester Finn has sharply criticized Gov. Larry Hogan, less than 24 hours after the governor's latest executive order on starting school after Labor Day.
Russia’s ambassador to Washington is disappointed. Despite great potential for cooperation, Sergei Kislyak told an audience Tuesday at Johns Hopkins University that the two countries are locked in “unfriendly discussions.” Wouldn’t the world be safer and more stable if these two powers got along?
Republican officials have told presidential nominee Donald Trump to stop making claims that the election will be rigged against him unless he can provide evidence of widespread voter fraud.
