I & I Editorial BoardSome headlines that caught our eye.
Canada’s growing movement to brand non-indigenous residents as ‘settlers’ and relegate them to second-class citizenship — City Journal
Europe’s Recognition of ‘Palestine’ Is a Cynical Joke — David Harsanyi
Making Automobiles Great Again — Daily Signal
Regulations, Not Anticompetitive Actions, Are Obstructing Drug Competition — Wayne Winegarden, Pacific Research Institute
GDP Rises Because It’s Worthless, Not Due To Growth — John Tamny, RealClearMarkets
New Zealand Lifts Offshore Oil and Gas Exploration Ban — Oilprice.com
The Leftists Who Celebrate Murder — Reason
Into the Abyss: How Bad Can the Covid Vaccine Story Get? — Brownstone Institute
Mass shooting on Park Avenue shows how dangerous a Mayor Mamdani would be for NYC — New York Post
Progressive Democrat calls ICE the ‘Nazi Gestapo’ and threatens to ‘confront’ agents — Blaze Media
More Anti-Woke Ad Blowback — Power Line
Off Shore Wind Blown Away by Sec Burgum’s Latest Bureau of Ocean Energy Management Order — HotAir
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“Critics like me predicted Trump’s trade war would destroy the economy: Now, in a stunning mea culpa, Dan McLaughlin reveals why he was so wrong”
This is becoming a tiresome story. Journalists predicted catastrophe. When the catastrophe stubbornly refuses to appear, the critics claim that it is only because Trump shows flexibility. Thus they claim, as does the insufferable Abby Phillips, “We weren’t really wrong. In fact, we actually were absolutely correct.”
OK, but possibly Trump’s flexibility derives from the fact that he was never committed to these tariffs in the first place, that he was staking out a position to enable flexibility. Look, I purchased some ranches long ago and I didn’t start the negotiations over price by telling the seller “OK, I’ll give you full price.”