It has been hard this past week, of tariffs applied worldwide on April 2 to tariffs suspended except for China on April 9, to avoid reflecting on how much trouble could have been avoided if economists, instead of talking about countries’ trade surpluses and trade deficits, had devised ...
On Wednesday, President Donald Trump abruptly announced a 90-day pause on most of his planned country-specific “reciprocal” tariffs — with the notable exception of the People’s Republic of China. In so strikingly singling out China as the focus of America’s economic and geopolitical ...
Donald Trump’s tariff policy startled world stock markets and threw financial institutions into turmoil. It represented a considerable gamble, but it should not have been unexpected. Trump has been, since 1987, an opponent of globalization, seeing it as a threat to both producers and workers. ...
This spring is special at Kump Education Center because we are celebrating our centennial year and making wonderful changes at the historic Kump house. We have many people to thank for the help they have given to make a difference at our Kump House landmark. First, we are proud to announce ...
“He is listed as day-to-day.” This is a term used in sports when there is uncertainty about whether a player will play in an upcoming game. Vin Scully, the late, great play-by-play announcer of the Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers, immortalized this term when he said, “He’s day-to-day, but ...
Applause to the official groundbreaking for the Elkins Gold Star Families Memorial Monument, which took place at the All-Veterans Memorial Park Thursday morning. The new monument will honor families who have lost a loved one in the line of service, also known as Gold Star Families. The monument ...