In Virginia’s recent election, Gov.-elect Abigail Spanberger won over voters who said the economy was the most critical issue by more than 20 points over Republican opponent Winsome Earle-Sears. She did it by laying out an innovative economic vision and a Growing Virginia Plan that leverages artificial intelligence and emerging technologies to create jobs of the future […]
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Don’t Hand Asia’s AI Cloud to Huawei
Policy mistakes get expensive fast. One of the biggest is treating compliant cloud access in non-controlled countries as something to avoid instead of something to win. That mistake has a simple outcome. Huawei takes Southeast Asia’s cloud build-out and everything that comes with it: standards, software ecosystems, lock-in. The United States should not hand the […]
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State Sovereignty Is Not for Sale to Foreign Corporations
Mississippi has no fewer than 25 state code provisions governing the importation of livestock, plants and commodities like rice. These rules are intended to protect the health and safety of Mississippians by ensuring that animals are free of influenza, brucellosis and other common diseases. The Food Security and Farm Protection (FSFPA) Act, pending in Congress, would federally preempt states’ […]
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An American Consumer Health Champion, and Why It’s Good Economics
Kimberly-Clark’s agreement to acquire Kenvue will create a U.S. consumer health and hygiene leader with the scale to compete globally and the incentives to deliver lower prices and better products at home. In a world where Chinese and European multinationals loom large, this combination strengthens America’s hand — macro- and micro-economically. At the macro level, scale matters. […]
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Your Mother Is Dying. Doctors Call It Loneliness.
She’s sitting in a chair by the window. It’s 2:14 p.m. on a Tuesday. The home health aide left an hour ago. Her daughter won’t call until after work. Her grandson is in school. The television is on, but she stopped watching it 20 minutes ago. She’s looking at the street, waiting for something she […]
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Massachusetts Must Honor Its Commitment to Special Education Children
Parenting a child who needs special education is never easy. I remember the shock and heartbreak when a teacher gently suggested that my brilliant preschool son be evaluated. How dare she suggest something was “wrong” with my precious child? He did ultimately qualify for services, and the support he received became a lifeline as he […]
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Amazon’s Cloud Empire Is Distorting Competition on Main Street
For millions of small businesses across the country, Amazon is both an indispensable partner and an impossible competitor. Independent businesses depend on the platform to reach millions of customers, yet they must operate under strict rules that ensure Amazon always comes out ahead. Central to this power imbalance is Amazon’s ability to use the immense […]
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MAGA Isn’t Dying, It’s Going Global
As the question swirls, is the MAGA movement dying or merely shapeshifting? It is tempting to treat the debate as exclusively domestic. That is to miss half the story. Whether MAGA declines or endures, its foreign-policy legacy is already reverberating across capitals from Brussels to Beijing. With Donald Trump’s second entry into the Oval Office, […]
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Los Angeles Tries to ‘Fix’ Rent Control
Los Angeles is one of more than a dozen California cities with rent-control laws, and by no coincidence, is one of the most unaffordable places to live. The City Council recently approved a proposal that gives owners more leeway to raise rents. It’s by no means a bold plan. It nibbles around the edges and won’t increase […]