Author: Jim

Not only has President Joe Biden retained most of Donald Trump’s tariffs; he imposed even more earlier this year. In “Good on Paper,” @scottlincicome tells @JerusalemDemsas why he thinks the growing bipartisan wave of protectionist thinking is misguided:

https://www.theatlantic.com/podcasts/archive/2024/10/trump-harris-trade-agreement-tariffs/680232/?gift=yGKGqaI9BMfIDuch_TrGYWLrWJ57eugZdIscxY25-04&utm_source=email&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=social

Eliminating degree requirements for jobs is very popular with voters but would do almost nothing to help workers who don’t have a college diploma, @ProfDavidDeming writes:

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2024/09/skills-based-hiring-degree-requirements/680044/?gift=yGKGqaI9BMfIDuch_TrGYbtP79_ySuStrQOggncgicw&utm_source=email&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=social

“The Third Lebanon War can yield positive and perhaps transformative results,” former Israeli ambassador to the U.S. @DrMichaelOren writes. But that will require an “effort to study the mistakes of Israel’s first two wars in Lebanon”:

https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2024/10/mistakes-israel-afford-repeat/680185/?gift=yGKGqaI9BMfIDuch_TrGYbdgbOJiKHB-Tr85ACln8jY&utm_source=email&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=social

Supreme Court Reform Is in the Air

Say no to court packing — and yes to term limits.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/10/opinion/harris-supreme-court.html?smid=em-share