If 2019 was the year that strategic competition between China and America upended their trading relationship, 2020 will be the year of intensifying security competition, writes Oriana Skylar Mastro.
When news broke recently that Google and Catholic health care provider Ascension were working together on data processing, it caused a stir, explains Jim Harper. But after the initial shock, a return to calm is ongoing as various actors unpack the grab bag of risks and rewards that flow from processing health data.
Matt Weidinger writes that programs such as unemployment insurance reflect a complicated balance of state and federal interests — and most importantly those of citizens in need. Sometimes federal changes can have enduring effects few would have predicted when they were being crafted.
The 2019 gubernatorial elections in Louisiana and Kentucky point to the enduring importance of candidate quality in winning elections. Trump and the 2020 Democratic field should pay attention, writes Matthew Continetti.
The question of impeachment depends less on a strict legal definition than it does a dedication to political and moral principle, explains Gary Schmitt. Impeachment exists to protect the public while encouraging those entrusted with political power to live up to the high responsibilities of their office.
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