D.J. McGuire
D.J. is an Adjunct Faculty Instructor in Economics at Tidewater Community College, a cost estimator, and a self-described progressive conservative. He has said the political spectrum "has thrown me around like a Martian Congressional Republic Navy vessel dropping into combat maneuvers from a 3g burn with no crash couch."
Insulin: A Story of Market and Government Failures
One of the more confusing – and for diabetes sufferers, outright frightening – market realities is the recent increase in insulin prices.
The Purge of Freer Market Defenders from the Trumpist GOP, Part II
Last week I reviewed how the conservative movement has begun to redefine itself in a way that no longer includes…
Free-Market Supporters Won’t Go Away Just Because Conservatives Don’t Want Us
We’re being read out of the movement. So we’ll help – and change – other movements.
Robert Mueller Exits the Stage…For Now
Mueller made it clear in his statement that he thinks his report speaks for itself. The reaction to his statement shows reports are louder when their authors talk about them.
Amidst the Tale of Sound and Fury, Trump Reveals His Lack of Concern for His Own Trade Deal
The president initially made his trade deal with Canada and Mexico a requirement of an infrastructure deal, then knocked it out in place of a demand that Congress end all investigations of his Administration.
Trump Declares War on…Accounting
Once again, the president’s obsession with trade balances leaves American consumers and businesses with collateral damage.
State Department Goes Tribal – And Not in a Good Way
By focusing on the Chinese in the Chinese Communist Party, rather than the Communist, the Trump Administration is weakening America’s moral authority and validating the worst fears of its most ardent critics.
The Report Is Out … On USMCA
What report did you think I meant?
Trump’s Bad Trade ‘Deal’ With China Takes Shape
The president’s ignorance of international economics has reduced him to begging the Chinese Communist Party not to eliminate tariffs but to shift them to non-farming imports, because he wants to keep the ones he imposed himself.
A Warning for Democrats in Wason Center Poll
Despite the problems with their statewide officials, Democrats have a small lead in the General Assembly campaign. For them, however, the lead may be too small.
