Dec. 22, 2017
Good morning from Washington, where President Trump confounds Moscow and the conspiracy theorists by OK'ing lethal weapons for Ukraine. Nolan Peterson reports from Kyiv, where he also recalls his own Christmas Eve combat mission. The tax cuts passed by Congress prompt encouraging moves by business leaders, Rachel del Guidice notes, while the tax code overhaul is mostly good news for retirees, as Rachel Greszler charts. Plus: Kelsey Harkness on why media elites resent Taylor Swift, and Jarrett Stepman on why Churchill, even in a Hollywood movie, bugs liberals. Morning Bell returns Wednesday, Dec. 27. Merry Christmas.
As the modern academy focuses historical interpretation on societal forces rather than leaders or ideas, it is hard to accept that Churchill may have almost single-handedly changed the direction of human civilization.
The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act is mostly good news for retirees.
The first time I ever saw a war, it was on Christmas Eve in 2009. I was a green Air Force special operations pilot on my first deployment to Afghanistan.
For years, Ukraine has requested U.S. lethal weapons to defend against Russian aggression.
AT&T announces that it will give a special $1,000 bonus to over 200,000 of its U.S. employees and invest $1 billion in the economy.
Because Swift is "a straight, white, multimillionaire pop star," New York magazine had a problem with her post celebrating 2017.
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