Conservatives Usually Hate Big Government. Why Are They Cheering Trump's Food-stamp Overhaul?

One of the greatest pleasures of the Peak TV era was that an excellent series could come from almost anywhere. Lifetime could greenlight the smart, satirical thriller You (which would become a hit for Netflix after failing to attract an audience on cable). The lyrical coming-of-age saga David Makes Man could find a home on OWN.

Even before President-elect Donald Trump said he would pursue mass deportations, rattling industries that rely on immigrant workers, the U. S. had a labor problem. Baby Boomers are retiring and there just aren’t enough people to take their place. This has big implications for the country’s economy, and could potentially drive up inflation as a labor shortage allows workers to demand higher wages.

When Kari Leibowitz moved to the Arctic in 2014, she braced herself for the impact of long, dark, freezing winters. The temperature in Tromsø, Norway, plunges to subarctic levels on the coldest nights, and it snows almost daily for eight months of the year. Surely the wind would slap her face, and unshoveled snow would sneak down her boots, wetting her socks.

On April 24, 2018, I emerged from a daring 12-day expedition in the wilderness of the Grand Canyon with a concussion, two shiners, and two twisted ankles. In a call to my dear friend Enid, I humbly told her, “After pulling this off, I think I could run a small country,” to which she replied: “Why not a big one?” Four years earlier, new to living in the United States, I had decided to explore something majestic in my new country.

mdash; South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol declared an “emergency martial law,” Tuesday accusing the country’s opposition of controlling the parliament, sympathizing with North Korea and paralyzing the government with anti-state activities. Yoon made the announcement in a televised briefing Tuesday, vowing to “eradicate pro-North Korean forces and protect the constitutional democratic order.” [time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”] It wasn’t immediately clear how Yoon’s step would affect the country’s governance and democracy.

One of Donald Trump’s splashiest personnel choices was the selection of Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy to lead what he has termed the “Department of Government Efficiency” — which seems likely to be some sort of outside commission to reduce federal bureaucracy and regulations. Trump’s emphasis on government efficiency is ripped from the playbook of an early 20th century president — but probably not the one Trump would hope to emulate.