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Mask-Wearing Mandate Should Include a Major Public Health Educational Campaign
When he become[s] president, Joe Biden should use the national emergency powers to require Americans to wear masks.
Donald Trump: Can America Endure Another Four Years?
There is a clear and compelling choice: It is not the great upside of Biden, but the great downside of Trump.
Forget Court Packing: Only Term Limits Can Save The Supreme Court
With term limits, the two political parties would no longer be tempted to resort to all-out war every time a justice leaves the court, as their departures would be mandated and fairly distributed.
America Has a Shameful Double Standard on Human Rights
Recent Indian gross violations of the rights of some two hundred million Muslim citizens and Myanmar’s atrocities have receive much less condemnation than Chinese human-rights abuses, and neither country is subject to sanctions.
Childcare Crisis: How Parents Can Persevere During the Coronavirus Pandemic
The Family and Medical Leave Act, enacted in 1993, created workplace protections and granted twelve weeks of leave to working families—but without pay. It should guarantee twelve weeks of paid family and sick leave.
Needed: A New Global Trade System
It was easy to disrupt the world trade system that existed before Donald Trump entered the White House and Covid-19 hit. Now, before the global “village” has a chance to fashion a new system, hopefully after the US elections, academics and policy analysts should deliberate about what such a system might look like.
Preventing the Taiwan Flash Point
A confrontation about Taiwan is viewed by many as the most likely place where the rising tensions between the U.S. and China may lead to an actual confrontation.
Joe Biden's Stakeholder Capitalism Is Not the Issue—Corruption Is
Capitalism, like nuclear power, must be properly regulated for it to be helpful and not harmful.
Why Doesn't Joe Biden Have a Large Lead Over Donald Trump?
Above all, the election results will depend on millions of Americans of all backgrounds being willing to make the extra effort that voting will require this year—facing the pandemic, unemployment, and the hurdles put in their way—to not just vote but to bring others to the mailbox or ballot box.
Biden Joins the Anti-China Chorus
If those concerned about the increased tensions between the U.S. and China are expecting that Joe Biden, if elected, will hit a reset button, they are likely to be disappointed.
Can Donald Trump Save His Presidency By Making China the Enemy?
Trump has found a way to capture the headlines and fuel criticism of China, which China inflamed through its brutal crackdown in Hong Kong. However, so far at least, this effort at wagging the dog has not improved Trump’s reelection chances.
A Dove's Call for De-Escalation with China
Some fear that China poses a major threat to the U.S. But China has neither the capabilities nor the ambition to replace the U.S. as the world power, despite the vacuum that the U.S. has created by curtailing its international commitments and roles.
Joe Biden's Christmas Tree Needs Some Pruning: "Joe Biden's 2020 Promises Need Some Serious Help"
If you go to Joe Biden’s Vision for America’s Future, you will get a one-line vision and then the biggest Christmas tree in Democratic politics.
Donald Trump Has Set a Debate Trap for Joe Biden
Joe Biden should prepare for Donald Trump’s outrageous, false claims, and allegations of “fake news” by asking debate moderators to sound a buzzer every time someone lies.
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