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Inflation: Comparing Trump and Biden...

Democrats hope to press the "affordability" issue in this year's midterm election season, but there's one potentially glaring problem for them, as illustrated by our friends at Unleash Prosperity... Biden Versus Trump on Inflation

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August 17, 2026 • 04:40 PM
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Jimmy Carter’s “Malaise” Versus Reaganesque and Trumpian “Peace Through Strength”
By Timothy H. Lee
Thursday, July 17 2025
It may be true that one invites more flies with honey than with vinegar.  It’s equally true, however, that one invites peace more through strength than through deference.   This week marks the anniversary of Jimmy Carter’s infamous “Malaise Speech” to the nation, and it nicely highlights the gulf between presidents like Carter who placated America’s enemies and paid the price, versus presidents who engaged in more muscular foreign policy with undeniably better results.   Those lessons remain important today.   On July 15, 1979…
 
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Mamdani Isn't Inevitable. Here's How to Beat Him.
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Trump Should Index the Capital Gains Tax for Inflation
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Mamdani Threat Worse Than Believed
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Notable Quote   
 
"As last week's midterms demonstrated, young people appear poised to drive American politics, and particularly the Democratic Party, further to the left. This is particularly true in big cities. New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani was elected last year with crucial support from younger voters, while in Los Angeles, preelection surveys showed democratic socialist (and now Mayor-elect) Nithya Raman leading…[more]
  
 
— Joel Kotkin, Presidential Fellow in Urban Futures at Chapman University and Senior Research Fellow at the Civitas Institute
 
Liberty Poll   

Despite Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang's reckless personal behavior, should any adult following the strategic importance of international chip wars believe China has not had access for some time?