According to this report from National Public Radio’s White House correspondent Tamara Keith, former Senator Heidi Heitkamp has a new gig. She’s joining an advocacy group which is backing the USMCA, the trade deal the Trump administration negotiated with Canada and Mexico to replace the North America Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA): Former Democratic Senator @HeidiHeitkamp…
John Andrist: Is Free Trade A Blessing Or A Curse?
Andy Rooney was one of my heroes — sort of. Like me, he was a columnist, but that sounds a bit pretentious for a small town wannabe kind of guy. His column appeared in over 200 newspapers, and then there was that long gig for CBS on their Sunday “60 Minutes” news magazine, which had…
Can Medical Tourism Save America From Obamacare?
Reason has short but fascinating video about the global rise of medical tourism. There may be no greater indictment of the rise of government-managed health care on the global stage than the fact that, along with it, the medical tourism industry has grown exponentially along with it. Government health care is so great that people…
Thanks Fracking: US Oil Imports At A 20 Year Low
I’m a free trade sort of guy, so generally I think America ought to get its goods and services from wherever makes sense in marketplace. If that’s someplace in America, great. If not, that’s ok too. Thinks like “trade deficits” are the result of economic illiteracy and media sensationalism. That being said, I was never…