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Taking a weekly look at what might go right, rather than focusing relentlessly on all that is going wrong.

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Sep 19, 2026
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Latest issues

  1. Issue · Sep 19, 2026

    We’re thinking the wrong way about the U.S.-China Relationship (opens the original)

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    <img alt="" class="sizing-normal" height="971" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Mn04!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fd4511d2d-82cc-4e20-a135-1f56d51753be_1536x1024.pn

  2. Issue · Aug 24, 2026

    Trump’s Accidental Gift to the World (opens the original)

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    A version of this article originally appeared in the Washington Post<img alt="" class="sizing-normal" height="971" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!0p_2!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-

  3. Issue · Aug 15, 2026

    Giving Up the Fight (opens the original)

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    <img alt="" class="sizing-normal" height="720" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!I4SP!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F0d339009-f2ef-4917-aee3-607e3d56471c_1280x720.png"

  4. Issue · Aug 8, 2026

    On the Origin of Species, 2026 Edition (opens the original)

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    <img alt="" class="sizing-normal" height="819" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!LBdS!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc65bc384-3e7a-45ad-b2da-ab7efc1139ff_1920x1080.pn

  5. Issue · Jul 31, 2026

    The numbers that lie (and those that lie a bit less) (opens the original)

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    <img alt="" class="sizing-normal" height="819" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!jwgG!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F1e1cc6e6-b018-4115-970c-3d175d2044bb_1920x1080.pn

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