Given the importance of housing to overall activity, subdued residential construction should limit how fast the economy can grow, though not enough to trigger a recession over the next couple of quarters.
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Austin Bay: Israeli tank firepower is an antidote for fanaticism
The tank remains the baddest dinosaur on the battlefield.
Dale Crafts: Maine should embrace blockchain
Our state and federal leaders should be following, studying and engaging with leaders in this industry and exploring what partnerships would mean for both our economic future and the future experience of our internet.
Cal Thomas: What a Palestinian state would look like
If anyone wants to see a preview of what a Palestinian state would look like, they should consider Gaza. Only the self-deluded believe such a state would not be used by terrorists to complete the “final solution” of wiping Israel off the map. Is there any credible evidence that would prove otherwise?
Paul Mills: The eventful history of public referenda confrontations with CMP
What the clues from 1914 to 2021 have to offer on the possible fate of Pine Tree Power.
Clarence Page: After the hate, bring on the healing: The other side of terror tragedies
Following the rise of a bitter and bloody war between Israel and Hamas, we see the old fears and hatreds rising again, even from haters who don’t know much about the group they purportedly are hating.
Froma Harrop: ‘The Golden Bachelor’: Fantasy or real?
“The Golden Bachelor” is basically a 2023 version of the 1993 movie “Sleepless in Seattle.”
Bob Neal: The Countryman: The turmoil of war muddles everything
It’s easy to put the monkey on our own backs to screen platforms and weed out the liars, but so many of them present themselves as honest brokers of news that one almost needs a degree in psychology to figure who’s posting the truth.
Cal Thomas: Raw antisemitism exposed
There is no “cure” for antisemitism, but universal denunciation by all people of good will might help push it back in the closet, or under the Earth where it belongs. It also might help if some pro-Palestinian students were forced to listen to a Holocaust survivor and the true history of Judaism and Israel.
Clarence Page: Curb your optimism about the Middle East. Turn on your realism
We make a mistake when we try to judge other people’s decision without taking into account how much their experiences and circumstances differ from our own.