ESG, HSBC, and the Silencing of Stuart Kirk
HSBC banker Stuart Kirk currently being canceled for his views on climate change and financial risk.
Politics & Policy
Schumer Backs Off Background-Check Vote, Says Americans Should Focus on Gun Control in Midterms
Schumer said a symbolic vote would be pointless because ‘Republicans don’t pretend that they support sensible gun safety legislation.’
Sussmann Billed Clinton Campaign on Day of FBI Meeting for Work on ‘Confidential Project,’ Records Show
Sussmann is accused of lying to the FBI about whether he came forward with the Trump-Alfa Bank evidence on behalf of a client.
On Uvalde
I suspect that if there is any policy to address this school-shooting scourge, it would be right at the intersection of mental-health and firearms control.
Nothing Greg Abbott Has Done on Guns Relates to the Uvalde Atrocity
There is nothing remotely virtuous about shouting ‘do something,’ and then pointing to a bunch of unrelated laws.
Princeton Fires Professor Josh Katz — What’s at Stake
Universities used to defend academic freedom, and tenure protected professors from termination for anything short of criminal behavior.
Video
Biden Invokes Defense Production Act to Address Baby-Formula Shortage
President Biden has invoked the Defense Production Act to address the ongoing shortage of baby formula throughout the U.S., the White House announced.
Today in Capital Matters: The Fed
Jon Hartley and Desmond Lachman discuss various aspects of the Fed and inflation over on Capital Matters today.
A Little More Saul Cornell
Saul Cornell is engaged in intellectual dishonesty.
The Hard Truth about ‘Tougher Background Checks’
Yet another horrific school shooting, and yet another call for legal changes that, had they been in place before the shooting, would not have changed the outcome.
A New Liberal Arts College on the Horizon
Marsha Familaro Enright is creating a new school: Reliance College.