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from FEE (Foundation for Economic Education)
RIGHT-CENTER BIAS, HIGH, non-profit organization
President Biden's plan would be a burden on the economy and reduce prosperity over the long run.
President Biden has just unveiled a new $2.3 trillion “infrastructure” plan, but a shockingly large portion of this bill is actually unrelated to infrastructure. The plan includes massive subsidies for corporations as well as state and local governments, and comes right after the administration’s proposed increase in the corporate tax rate, which would raise the rate from 21 percent to 28 percent.
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from The Heritage Foundation
RIGHT BIAS, MIXED American conservative think tank based in Washington, D.C.
RIGHT BIAS, MIXED American conservative think tank based in Washington, D.C.
Lewis reminds us that poetry has a unique power to communicate the grief and rage instigated by seemingly meaningless suffering. World War I, preceded by an attachment to utopian illusions, produced a generation of authors utterly disillusioned with the ideals of Western civilization. Despite the misery of man’s bondage to a life that appears futile, the poet never quite abandons hope.
The plan relies on the word “infrastructure” to seem moderate and uncontroversial. Yet, less than 5% would go toward traditional road infrastructure projects. In addition to cutting in on local governments, the plan would also trample over areas that are (or ought to be) led by the private sector. Biden’s latest spending proposal demonstrates that he has an unshakable faith in the federal government to manage the economy and tinker with how Americans live.
He called it “odd” to say that a Twitter account is a public forum when a private company retains ultimate control over it. Although common carriers, like trains and communication networks, are privately owned, the law nevertheless imposes on them the obligation to serve everyone. Even if digital platforms are not common carriers, is it possible that Congress or state legislatures could regulate them like places of public accommodation?
U.S. Navy ships sailing in the South China Sea have repeatedly had near-collisions with Chinese surface combatants. China claims almost the entire South China Sea, the carotid artery of global trade, with some $5 trillion worth of shipping and goods passing through. China has little regard for treaties when it comes to issues of national sovereignty. It undoubtedly sees the South China Sea as just such an issue.
Tehran maintains that no negotiations are needed for the U.S. to rejoin. Washington should just lift sanctions, after which Iran will stop violating the agreement. The Biden team will likely find itself facing a choice of just giving in to Tehran or sticking with the current course of sanctioning Iran for noncompliance. Team Biden would be smart to just cut loose of the failed Iran deal before it does even more damage to American interests and the peace and stability in the region.
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from Institute for the Study of War
Nonprofit Organization in Washington, D.C.
Key Takeaway: Joint Russian-Belarusian military exercises in March 2021 demonstrated several new Russian capabilities that could support a permanent Russian force presence in Belarus. Russia’s efforts to cement control of Belarusian forces and permanently deploy forces to Belarus increase Russia’s capacity to threaten NATO’s eastern flank. Russia and Belarus announced plans to open three permanent combined combat training centers in Russia and Belarus. The Kremlin is likely increasing Belarus’ military readiness and integration with Russian forces, augmenting the Kremlin’s capability to mobilize more units for longer durations and increasing Russia’s total force projection capability against NATO. Russian military pilots may begin operating out of Belarusian airbases in 2021. The Kremlin additionally used March 2021 exercises to prepare for Russia’s upcoming annual capstone strategic readiness exercise, Zapad 2021, in September, during which Russian units will likely deploy to Belarus on a significantly larger scale than ever before.
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from The Spokesman-Review
Newspaper in Spokane, Washington
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Our political polarization is driven by an increasing failure to communicate. We spar like irrational children not because we aren’t using our words, but because we are. Too often we are using different definitions, confusing gauze bandaging with wooden cribbing. Take “voter suppression,” for example. It’s the latest catch-all insult every time a Republican legislature changes rules to improve election integrity and confidence. It is usually paired with “racist,” once usefully descriptive but too often used as if it were a legitimate synonym for Republican. “Voter suppression” is heading into the same rhetorical scrap heap. President Biden was awarded Four Pinocchios by the Washington Post for fibbing when he said Georgia’s new election integrity law “ends voting hours early,” claiming voter suppression. Biden also called the new election rules “Jim Crow 2.0” and a return to actively suppressing Black citizens from voting.
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