Trump’s Tariff War Gets a Bad Review
Phil McCracken here, and Trump’s tariff war is the rare patriotic theater production where the audience gets charged twice: once at the door, and…
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Gulf of America, Paid for in Fireworks
When politics starts renaming water for applause, you can usually hear the filing cabinet laughing in the next room. The “Gulf of America” routine…
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Brawndo-Kratom and the Access Economy
In America, we’ve gotten so used to the donor-class smoothie that people now try to sell cronyism as a wellness product. That’s the gag…
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Peace President, Meet the Receipt Cabinet
“Peace president” is a tidy phrase, brother, the sort of thing a man can repeat until it starts sounding like policy. But a slogan…
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Peace President, Fine Print
He promised peace like it was a campaign jingle and not a contract, which is always the first clue the fine print is carrying…
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What Did We Give Them? Trump’s Iran Deal Looks Like a Victory Lap Before the Receipt Prints
Brother and sister, a handshake is not a receipt. If Washington wants credit for a ceasefire framework, it ought to show the math before…
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Trump’s Big Win Still Leaves the Stove On
Well, bless the victory lap, but a ceasefire framework ain’t the same thing as putting the whole house back on its foundation. You can…
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When the Towers Go Global
Mike Rotch here, and I’ve got a simple question for the America-first perfume bottle: when the tower goes global, why does the money suddenly…
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Trump’s Foreign-Deals Problem
Trump-branded overseas deals are a neat little civics lesson in how money, branding, and influence can share a lobby and still pretend they arrived…
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Epstein Files: Still a Fog Machine
Phil McCracken here, and the first rule of Washington is simple: when powerful people promise “full disclosure,” reach for your wallet and your reading…
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