Donald Trump doesn’t reason like a typical politician and has no fiscal discipline, says David Hoppe, Paul Ryan’s former chief of staff.  (“Hey, Paul Ryan, What’s Up?” by Anna Edgerton, Bloomberg Businessweek, Dec. 17, 2018, pg. 40.)  Hoppe blames Trump for a looming finan

When they return from a vacation, I suspect my readers have an experience similar to mine.  I’m surprised the hurley burly of the everyday world has changed not a whit.  Old political feuds continue.  North Korea has fired another rocket. China remains complacent.  Russian hacke