The world is suffering a planetary plague because China today is deeply integrated into the world economy and into the institutions of global governance — even though it is ruled by a dictatorship whose values, priorities, and objectives are fundamentally incompatible with those of the liberal international order, explain Dan Blumenthal and Nicholas Eberstadt.
Matthew Continetti writes that our leaders’ failure to affirm and demonstrate the moral basis of our country has opened the door for social justice to become our new public philosophy.
Michael Strain testified that the economy will need fiscal policy support for quite some time. This summer and fall could witness historic annualized rates of quarterly economic growth and percentage declines in the unemployment rate, but it will take many more months of strong economic performance to return to where the economy was in February of this year.
The abrogation of an international treaty guaranteeing the rights of Hong Kong citizens calls for more than words and gestures, explain Paul Wolfowitz and Frances Tilney Burke.
Robert Doar writes that no one federal branch can be all-powerful, and the states, communities, and individuals have important roles. We must consider how each of these spheres can best protect every citizen’s unalienable right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
There is a popular conception that graduation from a more prestigious college equates to higher earnings. The data suggest that narrative deserves a closer look, explain Joseph Fuller and Frederick Hess.
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