Greetings!  Word of the day: Yippy (NY Post).  Before yesterday, I had no idea it could be used describing how investors felt about an unstable stock market...Trump has become the Wall Street Journal’s whipping boy thanks to his unhinged tariff policies. The WSJ said the president blinked on tariffs by announcing a 90-day pause for most countries.  But the editorial board didn’t stop there.  “Never bet against America, it’s said, and normally global investors don’t want to,” the editors wrote.  “It’s a sign of the magnitude of Mr. Trump’s tariff mistake that he’s goading them into doing so. He needs a policy reversal, not a pause”…Washington Free Beacon writer Aaron Shibarium will appear on a panel at Yale April 15 about conservative media and higher education. “Bridging the Divide: Trust in Higher Education and Media Through the Conservative Lens” will also feature Robert Shibley, executive director of FIRE and Jonah Goldberg, editor in chief of The Dispatch (Free Beacon)…With unrestrained glee, The Daily Caller points out that the Kennedy Center’s March 29 program “Earth to Space: Arts Breaking the Sky” fireworks display drew 11,000 attendees, a record for the Center.  “With a focus on shifting away from politically-charged programming, the facility experienced tremendous success with a widely-attended fireworks show,” notes The Daily Caller… Trump announced earlier this week on Truth Social that he’s getting his annual physical tomorrow at Walter Reed hospital. The Washington Examiner correctly points out that his cognitive tests “loom large.” He turns 80 in just under 15 months.  Just sayin’…If you keep reading, I’ll keep Righting. Howard

Greetings! Skunk fight! Elon Musk and Trump tariff architect Peter Navarro are battling publicly and that ain’t good for Trumpworld.  Press secretary Karoline Leavitt tried brushing it off as “boys will be boys.”  I am no fan of Leavitt, but I would never call her stupid. However, this was a stupid phrase that minimizes a serious administration rupture with grave consequences for the global economy and our wallets.  The Wall Street Journal has a much more informed take on the battle of MAGA heavyweights and comes down favoring Elon Musk.  “He isn’t a flunky whom Mr. Trump can consign to oblivion by firing, and he’s saying things the President ought to hear,” the WSJ’s editorial board opines. “He represents the aspirational wing of MAGA-land that is the best part of Trumponomics”…American Spectator and City Journal have joined the growing chorus of conservative media outlets against Trump’s destructive tariff policies.  “Trump’s goal of reciprocal trade is a false promise, based neither on economic laws nor market reality,” wrote Spectator authors Bob Luddy and Michael Romero.  “His arbitrary tariffs are causing an immediate meltdown of the world’s financial markets and a loss of confidence in the American government.” City Journal’s Brian Albrecht points out that tariffs didn’t ignite American economic growth in the 19^th century and they won’t today either…And finally, for all the fans of the just-concluded brilliant third season of HBO’s “White Lotus,” a Washington Examiner writer explains that the show has a surprising “conservative heart” because of its emphasis on the value of family. Hadn't considered that point…If you keep reading, I’ll keep Righting. Howard