Owatonna, MN Correspondent-Until recent decades, the Supreme Court upholding an executive order (EO) issued by the President wouldn't be particularly noteworthy. Challenging EOs is a normal, healthy component of this country's system of checks and balances used to ensure none of the three branches of government acquires too much power. But now that politics has … Continue reading The Supreme Court recently upheld President Trump’s travel ban on people from primarily Muslim countries. Will this encourage Trump and future presidents to become more autocratic?
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Will President Trump’s “tariff wars” be a net positive or negative for the US economy?
Gastonia, NC Correspondent-I’d love to say I’ve got President Trump figured out, but he continues to confound me. He made more progress in Korea than the last several presidents with basically one meeting, but then took to Twitter and managed to alienate half the leaders in Europe with his Insane President Cheeto routine in the … Continue reading Will President Trump’s “tariff wars” be a net positive or negative for the US economy?
Will the rise of student activism after the Parkland, Florida school shooting help reduce mass shootings?
Gastonia, NC Correspondent-Ah, the idealism of youth! I sometimes long for the days when I truly believed that walking out of class, painting signs and marching while singing protest songs could actually bring about change. Sadly, I have lived a half-century now and realize that our government has been completely bought and paid for by … Continue reading Will the rise of student activism after the Parkland, Florida school shooting help reduce mass shootings?
Will the new relationship between The US and North Korea lead to real peace and stability on the Korean Peninsula?
Owatonna, MN Correspondent-President Trump's summit meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un was historic and significant only in that it was a first of many small steps toward creating a better relationship between the two nations. Most experts have said nothing substantial came out of the summit in terms of tangible policy like North … Continue reading Will the new relationship between The US and North Korea lead to real peace and stability on the Korean Peninsula?
Thinking Outside the Boxe Releases Transcript of Q&A Session from Independence Day 2018 Champagne Summit
Myrtle Beach, SC, Orlando, FL and Washington, D.C. July 31, 2018—Thinking Outside the Boxe has released the transcripts of the question and answer session from its Independence Day Champagne Summit held in Orlando on July 4, 2018. Participants in the annual Champagne Summit question and answer session included Thinking Outside the Boxe’s correspondents from Gastonia, … Continue reading Thinking Outside the Boxe Releases Transcript of Q&A Session from Independence Day 2018 Champagne Summit
What can be done about reducing the amount of plastic trash from numerous sources that are seriously threatening the oceans?
Owatonna, MN Correspondent-Plastic is ubiquitous in modern daily life because of its light weight, malleability, and versatility in making hundreds of different products from straws to containers to automobile parts to siding for houses. It's generally accepted plastic has been positive for the world in many ways. But the downside of this wonder material is … Continue reading What can be done about reducing the amount of plastic trash from numerous sources that are seriously threatening the oceans?
Robert M. Clinger III Comments on the Transition of Thinking Outside the Boxe
Thinking Outside the Boxe began as a private effort by me, with the assistance of my good friend Sebastian G. Peréy, to create space for independent examination of issues that mainstream outlets either ignored or handled with predetermined conclusions. Sebastian’s clarity of mind and refusal to soften difficult questions shaped the organization from its earliest … Continue reading Robert M. Clinger III Comments on the Transition of Thinking Outside the Boxe
Digger Cartwright Statement on the Assumption of Stewardship Thinking Outside the Boxe
For over a decade Thinking Outside the Boxe existed to do one thing well: ask the questions that conventional institutions prefer to leave unexamined. It was never designed to influence policy, cultivate donors, or flatter the moment. It was built to look at incentives, power, and the gap between official narrative and observable fact without … Continue reading Digger Cartwright Statement on the Assumption of Stewardship Thinking Outside the Boxe
Is the growing gap between coastal economic performance and that of the interior becoming a structural political problem rather than a temporary one?
Wheeling, West Virginia Correspondent — It's felt structural here for thirty years, and I'd gently suggest that the question is only being asked now because it started showing up in national election returns. Coastal metros captured most of the high-value service and technology growth. Many interior communities were left with weaker job markets and falling … Continue reading Is the growing gap between coastal economic performance and that of the interior becoming a structural political problem rather than a temporary one?
Will the continued rise in student loan balances eventually force a broader political confrontation over higher-education financing?
Dayton, Ohio Correspondent — It's already moved from background complaint to active fight, and I'd date that shift to about two years ago. What makes it political rather than economic is that three different groups arrived at the same grievance from different directions. Families feel the debt. Employers see the mismatch between the degree and … Continue reading Will the continued rise in student loan balances eventually force a broader political confrontation over higher-education financing?
