Military exercises with South Korea are needed. | Executive order could help campus free speech. | School choice teaches better character. | Pain from 2008 may be ahead. | Shipping protectionism costs.
March 9, 2019 Despite no progress in talks with North Korea, the Trump administration has ended military exercises with South Korea; that can only weaken South Korea. An executive order on free speech may be exactly what's needed for schools that receive federal research dollars. New research shows school choice reduces crime and paternity suits. The financial crisis is a decade behind us, but the measures taken to address it may have simply pushed the pain into the future. Shipping protectionism costs consumers, and doesn't make the shipping industry stronger. Canceling U.S.-South Korea military exercises is a gift North Korea has not earned. Thomas Spoehr writes: A typical exercise costs around $14 million—not a trivial amount, but necessary in...