Jeff Jacoby
Op-Ed Columnist at The Boston Globe
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I'm an op-ed columnist at The Boston Globe, a purveyor of refreshing conservative cheer in the midst of a dusty liberal wilderness.
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6 days ago |
bostonglobe.com | Jeff Jacoby
National Public Radio filed a lawsuit in federal court Tuesday, challenging President Trump’s executive order directing the Corporation for Public Broadcasting to stop funding NPR and PBS. In its complaint, NPR argues that since the Corporation for Public Broadcasting is neither a federal agency nor part of the executive branch, Trump cannot tell it to freeze spending Congress has approved. “The president has no authority under the Constitution to take such actions,” the lawsuit said.
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1 week ago |
bostonglobe.com | Jeff Jacoby
President Trump with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and other leaders in Saudi Arabia in Riyadh on May 13.DOUG MILLS/NYTIn a major address in Saudi Arabia this month, President Trump made it clear that he has no use for what is often called the “idealist” approach to US foreign policy. He began by heaping praise on the Saudi royal family and their economic growth, and then denounced — indirectly but scathingly — past American efforts to advance democracy and freedom in the region.
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2 weeks ago |
bostonglobe.com | Jeff Jacoby
Buried near the end of the ludicrously named “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” approved by the House Budget Committee over the weekend is a new 5 percent tax on remittances, the gifts of money that tens of millions of foreign-born US workers regularly send to family members abroad. As a rule, Republicans promote themselves as the party of lower taxes.
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2 weeks ago |
bostonglobe.com | Jeff Jacoby
Not even the wealthiest man in the world, it turns out, can get the federal government to stop spending so much money. At a Donald Trump rally in New York City shortly before the election last fall, Elon Musk confidently forecast that the cost-cutting operation he was preparing to lead in a new administration — the Department of Government Efficiency — would slash “at least” $2 trillion in government spending, more than enough to eliminate the in the current federal budget.
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2 weeks ago |
jeffjacoby.com | Jeff Jacoby
Elon Musk at a Cabinet meeting on March 24. NOT EVEN the wealthiest man in the world, it turns out, can get the federal government to stop spending so much money.
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Are Jews inherently political activists or political quietists? As Amotz Asa-El (@MiddleIsrael) shows in this terrific new essay for @SapirJournal, it's not an easy question to answer. https://t.co/HZBMlwemmT
Once upon a time, Republicans supported free-market competition and believed in maximizing consumer choice. Now the GOP position is that Nanny State knows best and consumers are too dumb and fragile to choose for themselves.
So-called "lab-grown meat" has no place in Montana. By signing HB 401 into law, I am proud to defend our way of life and the hardworking Montana ranchers who produce the best beef in the world. https://t.co/INc2WuAvNI
