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Fed Independence Just Got a Bit More Secure

2025-12-13 00:46:59

The American people got some reassuring monetary policy news on Thursday: The Federal Reserve Board of Governors unanimously voted to reappoint 11 of the 12 regional bank presidents to five-year terms. The vote eliminates a key threat to Fed independence and shows that the central bank will prove very hard to corrupt — no matter the White House’s desire for greater executive influence.

When Buddhist Countries Don’t Stay Calm and Carry On

2025-12-13 00:00:22

An old conflict pits Bangkok against Phnom Penh.

Warner Bros. Bidders Are Having a Rough Time

2025-12-12 20:00:13

The dueling suitors for Warner Bros. Discovery Inc. have had a rough week. Will this rule out an auction? Don’t count on it.

Notre Dame Opt-Out Shows Bowl Games Need Fixing — Not a Funeral

2025-12-12 19:30:24

Few college football programs are more prestigious or influential than the University of Notre Dame’s Fighting Irish. So when the team, fresh off a College Football Playoff snub, opted out of a bowl game, many saw it as confirmation that the bowl system is a relic of the past and beneath teams with championship aspirations.

Latin America Needs Some Corporate Cage Matches

2025-12-12 19:00:23

We don’t need to wait for the year to end to know that Latin America and the Caribbean likely grew 2.4% in 2025 — the same 2.4% it posted in 2024. And in 2023. It’s also the average pace the region clocked between 2007 and 2016. But don’t drift off just yet: 2026 is expected to finally break the trend with growth slowing ever so slightly to… 2.3%.

Boat Strikes Aren't Doing the US Military Any Favors

2025-12-12 19:00:22

Briefing congressional leaders last week, a four-star admiral and Navy SEAL reportedly defended killing two survivors of a US strike on a boat suspected of ferrying drugs in the Caribbean — on the face of it, a potential war crime. Congress should need no starker illustration of why it ought to rein in such attacks.