Here’s a challenge for all of you: Let’s suppose that you could wave a magic wand and impose a “just and lasting peace” in Ukraine. What would the elements of that be? Some are obvious: First, the Uk… (View Post)

Two quick remarks about NAFTA: It was proposed by Ronald Reagan, negotiated by George H. W. Bush, and confirmed in the Senate, thanks in part to the leadership of Bill Clinton. (Clinton favored freer… (View Post)

Off topic, but the analysis might cheer some of you: A careful analysis found that moderate House candidates did better than extremists: "On average, among Democratic House incumbents running fo… (View Post)

Here's Bill Gates' 2023 defense of PEPFAR: "In January 2000, a grim cover story in Newsweek forecast that as many as 30 million African children could be orphaned by 2010 because of AIDS deaths.… (View Post)

To add to Sean_F's comment about Lincoln: Beginning in 1776, US states, one after another, banned slavery. The first was Vermont. The largest ban came when the US was still under the Articles of Conf… (View Post)