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The positive case for Joe Biden
It's not just about being anti-Trump.
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Who's afraid of East Asian management culture?
TSMC's difficulties in Arizona aren't due to the mystical superiority of Confucian values.
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April 2024

At least five interesting things for the middle of your week (#35)
Chinese defense spending, activists vs. normies, corporate diversity, phones in schools, the noncompete ban, and rising inflation
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Is Japan having a currency crisis?
If so, it could shake the foundations of the global economy.
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Biden is right that we need to raise taxes
But his plan needs a lot of work.
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What America needs to do now on national security
The Ukraine-and-TikTok bill is a good start. Here are five more things we need to work on.
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Palestine is the end of the line for the New Left
Whatever you think of Israel, there's just no future in "global intifada" and "Death to America".
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At least five interesting things to start your week (#34)
Woke capital, university rigidity, social media toxicity, SUVs and pedestrians, and crime and urbanization
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How Latin America started to beat inequality
It can be done.
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Five things to be optimistic about in America today
Enough doom and gloom, let's allow ourselves a moment of happiness.
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Why China is defeating Tesla
And how we can stop this from happening again and again.
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Why so many of us were wrong about missile defense
Writing about military spending is difficult.
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