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Can Johnson wriggle out of Brexit delay?

                    After Boris Johnson suffered serial defeats in Parliament this week over, first, his plan to take the UK out of the EU with a “no-deal” Brexit on October 31, and then over his attempt to call a general election, what possible courses of...

Maybe Trump doesn't want a China trade deal, period

                  Conventional wisdom among economists and free traders holds that Donald Trump’s trade war with China, while perhaps justified on the grounds of numerous Chinese transgressions, has nonetheless been pursued in a muddled fashion, with no clear...

We need more globalization, not less

              After years when it was presented as an inevitable trend, globalization now seems to be everyone’s favorite political whipping boy, blamed for everything from rising inequality and unchecked immigration to global warming and fake news. But ending...

Does Johnson even want a Brexit deal?

                      There is growing feeling among European leaders that British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, despite his numerous protestations to the contrary, doesn’t actually want to strike a Brexit deal with Europe, or is at least incapable of doing so,...

Athletes lead mainstreaming of cannabis products

                    Never mind what doctors say, go with the jocks: celebrity endorsements are the next big thing for cannabis-related products, and pro athletes are leading the way, notes the Guardian. In fact some are even getting into the cannabiz themselves,...