People have been wringing their hands over what “Trump’s tariffs” will do to the cost of living. I’ve wondered myself. And so, courtesy of Divemedic, we have this from Moneywise: The Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta found that an additional 10% tariff on Chinese imports, 25% tariffs on Canadian and Mexican imports, and …
Category: foreign policy
Mar 27 2025
The Most Ruinous Addiction
I’ve said it before: there’s no drug more addictive than money – especially “free” money. Millions of welfare clients testify to that mutely, day after shiftless day. So do welfare continents: The continental ruling class bristled vigorously over [Vice-President J. D.] Vance’s Munich speech in which he told the gathered natsec worthies …
Mar 08 2025
Grok 3 On Trump’s Gordian Knot Moves
I refer you to Fran Porretto’s excellent Knots which fully engaged my own thoughts. It prompted me to seek some deeper thoughts from AIs. Brave’s LEO under-performed. But X’s Grok actually laid out a quite thorough analysis. I asked Grok 3: In what ways could Trump’s moves revive classical liberalism as a legitimate party. Assume …
Mar 06 2025
A Question That Must Be Asked
Longtime stalwart of the Dextrosphere Maura Dowling has posted a highly informative graphic: Reading the color-coding can be a bit challenging, but the upshot of the thing is best condensed by noting which countries were added to the NATO alliance after the fall of the Soviet Union and the dissolution of the Warsaw …
Oct 21 2024
A Spread Of Motives
Karl Schmidt at The Village Hemorrhoid asks an important question: Wouldn’t You Think That Other Countries Might Take Heed To What The Muslims / Islam Have Sworn To Endeavor To Accomplish… It’s a question that’s been asked many times, including by myself. But it will continue to be asked, for the bizarre …
Dec 18 2023
A Nation Or An Idea?
I don’t always get to every article every Gentle Reader cites while it’s still fresh in people’s minds. Sometimes I must admit to being embarrassed at having missed something tremendously significant. That’s the case today. The impetus is this Dennis Prager article from a few weeks back. If you haven’t read it, I …
Nov 30 2023
The Diplomat
peace n: A state of tension falling short of armed conflict. [Definition proposed by the late Keith Laumer in his Retief tales] Among the political fantasies of our era, the notion that one can negotiate an enduring peace with an enemy ideologically committed to one’s destruction ranks very high, possibly supreme. Yet that …
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