We don’t want to do it but it is the only way to deal with a bully. I think tariffs are bad for the people of the country that levies them. If another country puts a tariff on things my country sells, I’m for unilaterally disarming. Let the other country’s people enjoy the dubious industry-protecting benefits of that tax, and let us enjoy the benefits of buying whatever is a good deal.

I think it’s nonsense to think that when people freely trade money for goods, the person receiving the money “wins” and the person receiving the goods “loses”. They made the trade because it was good for both parties.

I’m American, and we’re pursing the opposite of what I think is good policy.

This is one of the first claims I remember reading about Star Trek on BBSs linked by FidoNet. It’s funny how it hasn’t changed.

I have nothing against them, but Germany, France, and Sweden should not be models for US government.

It feels like the Nazis are passing beyond living memory so there are few people alive who remember how bad they were.