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WASHINGTON – No one has worked more aggressively to trigger impeachment than the president. You may remember that, during the campaign, then-candidate Donald Trump suggested that, should he win, he...
DATE: Oct. 28, 2019 | COLUMN: Robert Samuelson
WASHINGTON – ”To the barricades.” That’s one way of characterizing Bill Dudley’s recent proposal that the Federal Reserve fight back against President Trump’s attacks. Although it’s a bad idea, it...
DATE: Sept. 9, 2019 | COLUMN: Robert Samuelson
WASHINGTON – I’ve written several columns this year on military spending, contending – against conventional wisdom – that we don’t spend more than the next eight countries combined, including China...
DATE: Aug. 29, 2019 | COLUMN: Robert Samuelson
WASHINGTON – To have a recession or not – that is the question. It also encompassed last week’s most important political news, notwithstanding all the public attention understandably focused on the...
DATE: Aug. 15, 2019 | COLUMN: Robert Samuelson
WASHINGTON – Donald Trump sold himself to the American public as an expert deal-maker. At the top of his list was a promised trade bargain with China that would boost U.S. exports and remedy some...
DATE: Aug. 12, 2019 | COLUMN: Robert Samuelson
WASHINGTON – It seems unavoidable. Like it or not, the U.S. welfare system is bound to play a big role in the 2020 election. The recent Democratic debate on health care is just a prelude to a...
DATE: Aug. 5, 2019 | COLUMN: Robert Samuelson
WASHINGTON – I got hacked. It was scary. In this age of cybereverything, we all live in dread that we’re going to be attacked by the internet. Nearly everyone seems vulnerable. The internet is...
DATE: July 25, 2019 | COLUMN: Robert Samuelson
WASHINGTON – It looks as if Vladimir Putin wants to be recalled as something besides an aggressive autocrat. He yearns, it seems, to be seen as a leading political thinker, respected for his...
DATE: July 11, 2019 | COLUMN: Robert Samuelson
WASHINGTON – Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, a leading candidate for the Democratic nomination for president, is a man from the 1930s. If you didn’t believe that before, you certainly should now....
DATE: June 24, 2019 | COLUMN: Robert Samuelson
WASHINGTON – President Trump’s latest foray into trade policy is notable for its economic recklessness (it could tip Mexico into a recession, followed perhaps by the United States), its gratuitous...
DATE: June 10, 2019 | COLUMN: Robert Samuelson
WASHINGTON – On global climate change, I’ve changed my mind – just slightly. I’ve written about this issue for more than two decades, and my theme has been monotonously consistent. As a starting...
DATE: Jan. 21, 2019 | COLUMN: Robert Samuelson
WASHINGTON – General Electric and Sears have fallen on hard times, and that tells us a lot about U.S. capitalism. Both were once great enterprises -– symbols of American ingenuity and imagination....
DATE: Jan. 17, 2019 | COLUMN: Robert Samuelson
