Export Controls on China
The United States has increased restrictions on high tech chip related items being exported to China, according to Wikipedia. In 2022 it issued new Department of Commerce regulations restricting the…
Broken Legal System
The federal court decision striking down Biden’s asylum rule for migrants is just the latest example of America not being able to function because of proliferating court decisions that block…
Federalist #10
Today’s political turmoil highlights the insightfulness of James Madison’s Federalist Papers Number 10, which addressed the need to “break and control the violence of faction.” Madison said that often “the…
News Broadcasts
There are some good commentators and thinkers on TV. I would like to recognize a few. Fareed Zakaria is one of the best thinkers and commentators out there. His Washington…
IRS Funding
The Inflation Reduction Act included an $80 billion increase over ten years for the Internal Revenue Service. Subsequently as part of the agreement on the debt ceiling, the IRS budget…
Crimea Bridge Attack
According to CNN: A Ukrainian security official has claimed Kyiv’s responsibility for an attack on the bridge linking the annexed Crimean peninsula to the Russian mainland – a vital supply line for…
Russia Pulls Out of the Black Sea Grain Deal
According to the New York Times, The Kremlin terminated an agreement that had allowed Ukraine to export its grain by sea despite a wartime blockade, a deal seen as essential…
NATO: Sweden Gets OK from Turkey
The Washington Post reports that one the eve of the NATO summit, Turkey has agreed to allow Sweden to join NATO. It says: Turkey has agreed to admit Sweden to…
Dark Matter and Dark Energy
Axios reports on the scientific search for dark matter and dark energy. The newest tool is the European Space Agency’s Euclid spacecraft, which was launched on July 1 on a Space…