May 9, 2025
My wife and I just returned from a vacation to the British Virgin Islands (BVI). There we sailed the islands Christopher Columbus “discovered” during his second voyage to the Americas in 1493.
trade policy
April 25, 2025
There is the seen and the unseen. In Washington, Congress can quite literally be seen in action when it is in session. But when it’s in recess, like it has been for the past two weeks, Capitol Hill is somewhat of a ghost town. In economics one can also find the seen and the unseen
April 11, 2025
It’s spring break in Washington. Climb Capitol Hill, ride the Metro, or visit the National Mall, and you’re bound to see packs of teenagers in identical t-shirts roving the cityscape.
March 14, 2025
Last year, during the Christmas holiday, I purchased each member of my immediate family one of those Page-a-Day Calendars that I thought matched their personality. Among others, I bought calendars on Zen, Dad Jokes, Sports Trivia, Cats, and Crossword Puzzles. If I would have bought one that included a Word-of-the-Day, there is no doubt that “tariff” would have popped up this week.
March 7, 2025
Earlier this week, sitting in an introductory pitch meeting with one of Washington’s leading public policy consulting firms, discussing the first 45 days of the second Trump administration, one word jumped out at me. I actually circled it in my notepad…”schizophrenic.” Whoa…