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By Rich Lowry Syndicated Columnist The on-again, off-again trade war Never mind. President Trump's 145% tariffs on China ran smack into Stein's law, the late economist Herb Stein's famous axiom that "if something cannot go on … [Read more...] about Trump and China the trade war

By Rich Lowry Syndicated Columnist The shots that changed the world The iconic Henry Wadsworth Longfellow poem "Paul Revere's Ride" begins, "Listen, my children ..." And, sure enough, we have long told our kids and ourselves … [Read more...] about The shots that changed history

By Rich Lowry Syndicated Columnist Is it worth it to the United States to enforce freedom of navigation on the seas? That question was a subplot in the instantly famous leaked Signal chat over an operation to hit Houthi targets in … [Read more...] about Clearing sea lanes right call

By Rich Lowry Syndicated Columnist The Mayor of Boston wants everyone to know that her city is all about the fundamentally American value of protecting lawbreakers. Michelle Wu, a first-term Democrat, is a fierce defender of … [Read more...] about Michelle Wu’s perverse morality

By Rich Lowry Syndicated Columnist Teslas aren't fascist vehicles It's a trope to say that Donald Trump's opposition has been shell-shocked and rudderless in the wake of his election victory and his fast start out of the gate. … [Read more...] about Teslas aren’t fascist vehicles

By Rich Lowry Syndicated Columnist Democrats have finally found someone they hate more than Donald Trump. Elon Musk, who is currently running roughshod over the federal bureaucracy with a sleep-deprived team of brilliant young tech geeks, … [Read more...] about Dems find a new boogey man

By Rich Lowry Syndicated Columnist Judging from the first week or so, the Trump doctrine is going to be, “We can do it the easy way or the hard way.” Those are the words the president used in a post on Truth Social last week … [Read more...] about Trump takes full control

By Rich Lowry Syndicated Columnist It feels like 2013 again. Back then, a beleaguered Republican Speaker of the House was forced into a government shutdown by firebrands in his caucus who considered him insufficiently pure. … [Read more...] about Fiscal hawks never get a win