Where Are the Moderate Democrats?

Is a member of the Right Eing Extremists of the United States of America allowed to have a favorite liberal writer who I don’t use as a blog whipping boy? I have twice asked if The Philadelphia Inquirer’s primary editorial writer, Daniel Pearson, could actually be a conservative. He knows that I have asked that …

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Trumping China’s Geopolitical Long Game

Reciprocal Tariffs Are a Stake in the Heart of the Chinese Export Economy Chinese communist leader Xi Jinping was riding high at the Third Plenary Session of the 20th Chinese Communist Party Central Committee back in July 2024. After all, years of Chinese trade surpluses had funded the largest modernization of the People’s Liberation Army …

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