Expanded trade drives growth and jobs across borders
Doug Oberhelman argues for updating Trade Promotion Authority to unlock global markets. He cites Caterpillar exports totaling over 82 billion dollars and notes that 96 percent of world consumers live outside the US. He stresses that new free trade deals boost US jobs, GDP and worker pay, urging congressional passage of updated TPA.
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Don Kusler warns against fast track trade pacts and TPP
Don Kusler argues that trade promotion authority undermines Congress and republican government by denying amendments to treaties. He targets the Trans Pacific Partnership as a flawed pact pushing worker rights, consumer safety, and environmental standards toward corporate profit, urging trade that benefits American workers and consumers. He is executive director of Americans for Democratic Action.
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Life death and small government in Marlise Munoz case
Leonard Pitts Jr argues Texas law forces life support for Marlise Munoz, a pregnant woman, while contrasting Jahi McMath’s case. The piece critiques state interference in personal morality, noting Texas red state small government rhetoric clashes with family autonomy and reflexive political ideology.
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How to fight academic bigotry and the Israel boycott
Charles Krauthammer argues the American Studies Association boycott of Israeli universities is biased and anti-Semitic, citing human rights in Israel versus neighbors. He lauds Dershowitz, Weinberg, and Kissin for countering anti-Israel prejudice and urges solidarity with open letters and actions.
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