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What the right gets wrong about Adam Smith

What to make of Adam Smith? You might have thought we would have straightened this out, given that he only ever wrote two books and it’s been 300 years since he was born. But no. Everyone wants to claim the Scottish philosopher and economist as one of their own. With…

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How Pat Robertson changed Christian media and made it politically influential

For Americans growing up between the 1950s and the 1980s, religion was a predictable presence on television: There were weekly Sunday morning shows and religious programming that issued end-time warnings, sought monetary contributions or staged faith healings. But none of those covered news.

The Conversation

The overlooked story of the incarceration of Japanese Americans from Hawaii during World War II

In the months and years following Japan’s bombing of Pearl Harbor in Hawaii on Dec. 7, 1941, the U.S. government incarcerated a large number of Japanese American civilians from the U.S. mainland.

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Explained: Trump’s indictment and what he has wrong about Obama’s presidential records

Trump’s whataboutism and false equivalency claims are plays for public support and do not deal with the actual legal allegations in his 37-count indictment.

Chicago Sun-Times

OPINION - Labour’s toughest test is: what does the Left do when there’s no money?

There is a formula to winning general elections. If your leader outperforms his or her principal rival and your party leads on the economy, you are going to win. There is no example, since records began, of a party which led on those two measures and then went on to…

Evening Standard

The latest Trump charges cast a new light on a growing Republican presidential field

Seeing Trump in the dock in a criminal case enrages his core supporters and the GOP officeholders who depend on them. But it could also breathe new life into candidacies that offer alternatives.

WEKU

James Watt, sharp-tongued interior secretary under Reagan, dies at 85

The Reagan administration's sharp-tongued, pro-development interior secretary was beloved by conservatives but ran afoul of environmentalists. Watt even managed to offend Beach Boys fans.

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How Pat Robertson Shepherded His Flock Into Politics

Farewell to the senator's son who pioneered a TV genre, helped create the Christian right, ran for president, and earned the grudging respect of Abbie Hoffman

Reason

James Watt, sharp-tongued and pro-development Interior secretary under Reagan, dies at 85

Reagan administration Interior Secretary James Watt has died at age 85

The Independent UK

‘The Money Doctor’ slams COVID lockdowns as the biggest policy mistake in modern times

Former Reagan advisor Steve Hanke co-authored a paper that found the average lockdown reduced COVID-19 mortality rates by 3.2%.

Fortune

Trump accuses Ron DeSantis of ‘blatantly’ plagiarising his speech

Neither of the 2024 presidential primary candidates originated the phrase in question

The Independent UK

Has America been seduced by war again?

Ukraine has battled courageously — but the U.S. proxy war with Russia has nothing to do with defending democracy

Salon

Baseball legend Steve Garvey considering US Senate bid in California, energizing beleaguered GOP

Republicans haven't won a U.S. Senate race in heavily Democratic California since 1988

The Independent UK

Rosalynn Carter, wife of 39th US president, has dementia, family says

The former first lady and lifelong mental health advocate, 95, lives with her ailing husband, Jimmy Carter, 98, in Plains, Georgia

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Terrible week for Sunak and Hunt puts election victory all but out of reach

Praise from the IMF and optimism on inflation have given way to echoes of last autumn’s turmoil

WEKU

Trailing Trump, DeSantis still bears burdens that have brought down past front-runners

Being clearly the party's Plan B right now has a downside for DeSantis because it makes him Target A for Trump and for all the other candidates.

The Hindu

Economics that looks at lower half of the pyramid

The model of economic growth that has guided national and international policies since the 1990s will not create healthy democracies

The New Daily

Alan Kohler: The battle for America’s heart, soul and future

Republicans are threatening to force America to default on its debt if there isn’t a crackdown on welfare for the poor.

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‘Money is his best novel – it’s not even close’: the cream of Martin Amis’s writing

His essays captured entire countries. His reviews outlived the books they were about. And his novels were as compelling as they were comic. Here are five indispensable Amis titles

The Guardian - US

‘Trump’s not a good sport’: Chris Cillizza on presidents at play

George HW Bush was the most sportsmanlike modern president but Gerald Ford was the best athlete, author says

The Guardian - AU

Peter Dutton claims Labor wants ‘gas gone’ and urges sector to fight intervention

Opposition leader criticises government policies including the price cap, which Treasury has estimated saved households $230 on power bills

The Independent UK

At least 80 calls to National Archives since 2010 about mishandling classified information

The National Archives has been called more than 80 times in the past decade-plus about classified materials found in the papers of former members of Congress and other U.S. officials

Reason

Simplify the Tax Code Instead of Creating an IRS Rival to TurboTax

Americans collectively spend billions of hours each year preparing their taxes. Rather than adding a government-run website into the mix, politicians should just simplify the tax code.

Al Jazeera

US relaxes restrictions for gay, bisexual men to donate blood

Updated guidelines will replace three-month abstinence rule that LGBTQ advocates had long decried as discriminatory.

The Guardian - US

The Poverty Paradox: why is there still so much economic hardship in the US?

In a new book, author Mark Rank looks at why one of the world’s wealthiest countries has such a high rate of poverty

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