Reuters

The economy and the nation would gain, not lose, from a scaled-down plan that can win some Republican support, explains Michael Strain.

Reuters

Hal Brands writes that Beijing is trying to create old-fashioned spheres of influence with a 21st-century twist.

Reuters

Miguel Cardona is a stealth nominee who will lead a team made up of union advocates and culture warriors, explains Frederick Hess.

Twenty20

James Capretta and Lanhee Chen share three ideas to expand coverage and control costs that Democrats and Republicans could agree on.

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Danielle Pletka writes that leadership, and a willingness to lay out choices to the American people, is the key, rather than the tactical shifts that have marked 21st-century US politics. These are the imperatives of the future, as they were before Donald Trump and will be after Joe Biden.

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Eric Belasco and Vincent Smith examine the distributional implica­tions of two recent ad hoc disaster aid programs. Results indicate payments are more concentrated on larger farms that receive higher per-acre payments under the 2018 Market Facilitation Program and federal crop insurance program.