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Opinion

Trump’s tariff madness has to stop

Editorials and columns

Since the beginning of the second Trump administration, it's become obvious that the president loves tariffs. In fact, he really, really loves tariffs. To paraphrase 50 Cent, Donald Trump loves tariffs like a fat kid loves cake. One year into his second term, we've witnessed Trump unleash wave ...

Does Trump need a portrait of James K. Polk?

Editorials and columns

Donald Trump has a painting of Andrew Jackson in the Oval Office, but as he tries to browbeat Denmark into coughing up Greenland, maybe he should add a portrait of a Jackson acolyte -- James K. Polk. If cold-eyed American expansionism is the theme, there are fewer better representatives than ...

What if Trump made war on Minneapolis and nobody came?

Editorials and columns

President Donald Trump's approval ratings are down the drain. The midterms are coming, and if Democrats prevail, his agenda gets boxed in fast. What can he do to avoid that outcome? Well, what's worked in the past? Immigration! Former President Joe Biden had irresponsibly left borders open ...

From rock to tech, talent flees taxes

Editorials and columns

California Democrats should listen to The Rolling Stones. The band famously fled England in the 1970s, heading into tax exile in the south of France. Mick Jagger and his mates weren't alone -- a generation of rock royalty abandoned the U.K. because of its steep taxes: David Bowie opted for ...

A bad bet

Editorials and columns

It wasn't that long ago when sports betting was illegal. Then suddenly it was as though profit, rather than controlling this vice, became paramount. It was inevitable, given human nature, that bad things would follow legalization. Last week, The Wall Street Journal carried a front-page story ...