Notes in the Margin

For conservative leaders like Buckley, what really matters is that you support the American imperial warfare state. The stuff about freedom is window dressing. 

"By July 2026, the libertarian president’s approval rating has plummeted to 35.5 percent, with disapproval surging to 63 percent..."

One of the US Senate's most committed warmongers died over the weekend. 

Jeffrey Degner writes that we cannot fix families through state intervention.

She is another right-leaning president, following Colombia's new president-elect Abelardo de la Espriella, elected last month. 

The original opponents of American intervention abroad — the anti-imperialist movement of the late 19th century — were in fact the true inheritors of the republic and its first principles.

The yen's "prolonged weakness has become a growing headache inflating the cost of imported raw materials and worsening the squeeze on households..."

He's forced to admit the obvious. 

Manufacturers have indicated job cuts for three of the past four months as they seek to reduce head count over costs and demand concerns.

Tokyo also wants more spending, and it will be hard to keep control of yields while further increasing Japanese deficits.