By Richard Tren, TES Contributor Oxfordshire, England. There was a time when Britain’s royalty stuck to their regal knitting, shaking hands, waving at crowds, and being somewhat important, but decidedly decorative, public figures. Increasingly the royals seem keen on inserting themselves into public policy. This must stop, as if adopted, […]
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Fighting child trafficking, helping small IP owners & more: WASHINGTON BEYOND THE HEADLINES
By Andy Blom, TES Contributor Wow! Everybody was unhappy last week in Washington. The much hoped for Mueller testimony blew up in the Democrats face while Conservatives got served a budget and spending bill they hate…which will keep the Government open until after the election. Maybe we were doing better with the […]
Mirror, Mirror: Germany’s Fragmenting Politics Foreshadows American Shift
By Alexander Görlach, Senior Fellow, Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs & TES Contributor Voters in western democracies situate themselves differently today than just a few years ago. There is talk of an “axial shift.” The axis that for decades divided party systems into “right” and “left,” “conservative” and “liberal,” “Christian” […]
Let’s Bring Nicolás Maduro to Justice
Here’s How We Prosecute Him for Crimes Against Humanity By Federico N. Fernández November 9th, 2019 marks the 30th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. With it, a large part of mankind was liberated from the shackles of communism. Few events have been more important in history. […]
Novartis Social Business Head: Achieving Universal Health Coverage Requires Public-Private Partnerships
All too often public health policymakers and officials tend to treat private sector healthcare providers as either a distraction, an impediment or even an active adversary. But that’s shortsighted, according to Novartis head of social business Harald Nusser and Jeffrey Sturchio, CEO at Rabin Martin, a […]
WASHINGTON BEYOND THE HEADLINES: Bipartisan action on IP, De Rugy on tariffs and more…
By Andy Blom, TES Contributor A combination of oppressive heat and Presidential tweets paralyzed Congress, so we still do not have a budget or spending bill. However, free market conservatives continue advancing ideas and legislation that cover a startling diversity of topics. Here’s a roundup of last week’s activity in Washington… […]
Trump and the GOP can protect the American taxpayer and win working class votes all at the same time
By George Landrith, President, Frontiers of Freedom The US House of Representatives is getting closer to voting on the Butch Lewis Act, which failed to pass last year. While a number of provisions in the current version of the legislation make it an unworthy solution, the truth is the problem it attempts […]
Courting Cortizo: Investors Beware
By Andrew Langer, President, Institute for Liberty & TES Contributor When the Panama Canal was completed, it was heralded as one of the most difficult engineering projects ever undertaken. In fact, the American Society of Civil Engineers has ranked the canal as one of its seven wonders of the modern world. Having seen […]
Tomorrow’s lawyers seem fine with digital piracy
It’s reasonable to assume that the mindset of the current class of law students can provide certain clues as to the beliefs of the next generation of lawyers (notwithstanding the fact that half of them will probably never actually become lawyers, but that’s a different topic). If […]
Trump must hold Qatar accountable for violating the Open Skies agreement
Drew Johnson, Senior Fellow, National Center for Public Policy Research Last week, President Trump hosted Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani, the Emir of Qatar, at the White House. The two leaders discussed Middle East security and peacekeeping efforts, and celebrated a Qatar Airways agreement to purchase five American-made Boeing 777 cargo planes. […]