'Draconian measures are still needed' Read More

We are regularly told that stats for economic growth were wrong and have to be dramatically revised. So what hope do we have of predicting... Read More

How Trump and Xi set the stage for the coronavirus pandemic Read More

re U.S.-based media companies and journalists deliberately pushing Communist China's propaganda and disinformation about COVID-19 to protect... Read More

President Trump's rollback on Tuesday of stringent automobile mileage and emissions standards torpedoes the biggest single step any nation has Read More

President Trump's proposal to spend $2 trillion to rebuild American infrastructure was as gutsy as it gets, coming on the heels of another $2... Read More

We are living through an extraordinary and unprecedented time. It has required us to readjust our lives, our expectations and our plans. The... Read More

We're flirting not merely with recession — we should be so lucky — but with a potentially self-sustaining depression. Society is... Read More

Shutting entire states down was painful but clearly necessary. Governors still have many ugly choices ahead of them. Read More

As of 2019, there were an estimated 30.7 million small businesses in the US, employing 59.9 million people, or almost half of the private... Read More

Now that news of China's lies is beginning to seep out, will it make a difference? Will there even be corrections? Don't count on it. Read More

Trump is stoking division even amid the coronavirus pandemic. Has he misjudged his country? We'll know for sure in November, but history... Read More

It is not clear how this virus will progress. But Americans see Trump fighting for them, every day, as hard as humanly possible. Read More

What was once a chore has become a necessity during the COVID-19 crisis. We are all constantly cleaning our homes, our cars, our hands and... Read More

With the Federal Reserve's massive intervention, we may avoid financial ruin. But the economic and health crisis will seriously test us. Read More

The coronavirus crisis will determine whether Trump is a one-term president, but it may reshape the social order far more. Read More

If there is one thing on which you'd think left and right could agree, it would be the proper response to the present coronavirus. After all,... Read More

On this date in history, Albert Einstein came to the United States for the first time. The famed scientist has been on my mind lately as the... Read More

On Wednesday, China changed how it counts COVID-19 cases for the eighth time. Read More

As the virus and lockdowns have spread around the world, other countries have created a type of economic environment different from the one... Read More

Hello from semi-self-quarantine in Harris county. We’re now under a “Stay Home, Work Safe” order, which is something... Read More

I lost my secure, well-paying manufacturing job to free trade with the People’s Republic of China, and all I got was this damn virus... Read More

Focusing on Beijing's mistakes may temporarily take the heat off the backs of Johnson, Trump and co., but it does not get them a Get Out Of... Read More

While its rank-and-file do essential work, its leadership shamefully appeases Beijing — and spurns Taiwan. Read More

Despite his contradictory, ill-considered response to coronavirus, a growing chunk of Americans see a man in charge. But making himself the... Read More

We absolutely should try to boost the economy by building things. The president's only wrong on the details. Read More

Mainstream media publications that gave wall-to-wall coverage of Christine Blasey Ford's allegations against then-Supreme Court nominee Brett... Read More

Alexandra Tara Reade accused Biden of sexual assault. Salon untangles fact from fiction in the politicized fall-out Read More

"Always expect the unexpected" and "Anything is possible" are my favorite clichés that, starting in January 2018, I... Read More

Susan Rice just reminded Xi Jinping why he misses her presence in the president's ear. Read More

The US president has prioritised politics over public health – precisely what he criticised the Chinese for doing when Covid-19... Read More

I will admit my bias. Officially, I am in the “at risk” population for severe complications from COVID-19. I am also in the... Read More

When even the guy who said Sen. Mitt Romney would put black people back in chains thinks you have gone too far, you have gone too far. Read More

Sean Hannity, Rush Limbaugh and other right-wing commentators turned a pandemic into a battle of us vs. them — the kind of battle... Read More

'A careless and negligent culture' was allowed to fester under Comey's leadership, former top FBI official says. Read More