Acknowledging the costs of transparency and acting to counter them could help senators and representatives see just where their energy should be directed and so set Congress on a path back from dysfunction, writes Yuval Levin.
Michael Strain asks, even if “it’s morning again in America” is the right message for the 2020 swing states and the nation as a whole, is Donald Trump the right messenger? Will his base respond to this new tone and disposition?
Without taking a stance on the merits of wealth taxation, Alad Viard and Erin Melly discuss how to translate wealth tax rates into equivalent income tax rates for both safe and risky assets, showing that apparently low wealth tax rates are equivalent to apparently high income tax rates and vice versa.
Trends suggest that American civic, religious, and familial life has receded in recent decades. We should work to reverse these declines and invest in creating good communities where mutual assistance, trust, social capital, and neighborly involvement can flourish, writes Ryan Streeter.
President Trump’s fourth defense budget request reverses the three-year "Trump bump," leaving the military without the investments it needs to rebuild its operational fleets and inventories, explains Mackenzie Eaglen.
Scott Gottlieb testified that the epidemic spread of coronavirus in China — along with community transmission in Singapore, Hong Kong, and Japan — sharply increases the chance that we endure pandemic spread.
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