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Biden starts to decouple economy from China

This is a potentially perilous time for our economy and the security of the West. Trade policy with China sits at the center. China is no longer just a trading partner with whom we have differences. It’s become a global adversary using trade to dominate militarily as well as ...

April 2 letters to the editor

Pipeline’s pros can’t outweigh its cons  A guest essay in Sunday’s Dominion Post (3-26-23) extolling the benefits of finishing the Mountain Valley Pipeline is so glaringly misleading that a response is required.   The remaining unbuilt section would cross the Blue Ridge ...

We’re green. But are we mean?

Joe Biden’s America has embarked on a muscular industrial policy aimed at curbing climate change, building U.S. manufacturing and competing with China. That’s a lot of going on, though the broader public doesn’t seem to be paying it much mind. Unidentified flying objects make for better ...

Washington puts its chips on chips

Should Washington push an “industrial policy”? That is, should the U.S. government get involved in promoting certain domestic industries? Darn straight it should. And that goes double when it comes to semiconductors. Computer chips are the little brains that run appliances, airplanes, ...