Trump Takes the Iowa Caucus, and the GOP Is His
Those who thought it was still Reagan’s party were proved wrong Monday night. Source link
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Iowa Gives Trump II a Boost
Jan. 15, 2024 11:41 pm ET Donald Trump romped to victory in the Iowa caucuses on Monday night, launching the former President on his quest for a third GOP nomination. The vote nonetheless revealed weaknesses that could pose problems in a general election, so Republicans in New Hampshire should think hard if they want to…
In Iowa, It’s a Trump Ball
As the campaign begins, the big story is the 45th president’s commanding lead. Source link
New York’s Voter Suppression
Closed primaries and early registration deadlines make it hard to cast a ballot that counts. Source link
Biden Took New Hampshire for ‘Granite’
Joe Biden is running as if he were unopposed for the Democratic presidential nomination, but he may face a comeuppance in New Hampshire. In the name of “diversity,” the Democratic National Committee demoted the Granite State from its traditional status as the first-in-the-nation primary in favor of South Carolina, where Mr. Biden’s 2020 campaign took…
SBF Faces Prison, but ‘Effective Altruism’ Lives On
Proponents of the movement funded the Biden administration’s executive order hindering AI development. Source link
Hertz, Tesla and the Perils of CEO Groupthink
Hertz announced to much fanfare on Oct. 25, 2021, that it planned to buy 100,000 Teslas. “Electric vehicles are now mainstream, and we’ve only just begun to see rising global demand and interest,” then-CEO Mark Fields said. The share prices of both companies popped, and Tesla’s market capitalization surged past $1 trillion, exceeding the valuations…
California Invents a Crazy New Tort
Jan. 14, 2024 12:06 pm ET Businesses are often sued for selling allegedly faulty products that aren’t actually defective. Last week a California appeals court ruled that businesses can also be sued for failing to develop a product. Behold California’s new tort standard: You should have built that. Some 24,000 patients have sued Gilead Sciences…
Taiwan’s Victory for Democracy – WSJ
The press is full of fear and trembling after Taiwan’s people on Saturday elected as president the candidate most disliked by Beijing. How about first celebrating the island nation’s demonstration of a robust Chinese democracy? Taiwanese voters elected Vice President Lai Ching-te with 40% of the vote after a rousing three-way campaign. “In the global…
Biden Strikes the Houthis, at Last
The press is reporting that Thursday’s U.S.-British strikes against the Houthis in Yemen risk escalating the current conflict in the Middle East. That’s the wrong way to think about it. The conflict was already escalating. The question has been whether the U.S. and its allies would respond to Houthi efforts, backed by Iran, to hijack…