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Trump, Musk are spring cleaning the government

It’s a bit early for spring cleaning but that’s what President Trump and his faithful companion Elon Musk appear to be doing. When I was a child, every spring my mother would open closets and check the attic and basement for clothes and other items that could be discarded or given to ...

There’s joy, as well as fear, in missing out

I’ve decided to miss out on more these days. Maybe you’ve heard of FOMO, the “fear of missing out.” Well, this is the opposite. I’m trying to find JOMO, the “joy of missing out.” For my JOMO education, I can thank Christina Crook, an author who specializes in “digital ...

Trump/Musk demolition of USAID is a scandal

A “special government employee,” wealthy beyond the dreams of Croesus, chose as his first target the poorest and most vulnerable people on Earth. On Sunday evening, Elon Musk and his peach-fuzz goons locked employees of the U.S. Agency for International Development out of their email ...

Here’s Trump’s Panama win

Teddy Roosevelt would presumably be pleased. President Trump spoke loudly and swung a big stick in Panama’s direction, and it produced instantaneous results when Secretary of State Marco Rubio visited the small Central American nation. President Jose Raul Mulino Quintero said that ...

Constitution and tariffs

The taxing power in the federal government resides in the Congress. The Constitution states that Congress has the power to “lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts” of the federal government. Indeed, in order to emphasize the location of this power in the ...

Trump rides vibes no matter what

After a flurry of activity — the president’s tariff threats and showdowns with Mexico and Canada, his expressions of interest in Greenland, the policy changes obtained by Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s trips to Panama and El Salvador, the release of arrested Americans in Venezuela — ...