The Ripon Forum
Volume 55, No. 2
May 2021
by LOU ZICKAR
This edition of the Ripon Forum focuses not only on the road ahead for the Republican Party, but on some of the solutions GOP leaders are putting forward to meet the challenges Americans will face in 2021.
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by ASA HUTCHINSON
With over 350,000 jobs in Arkansas dependent on international trade, our nation must open up more global markets for our goods and services.
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by NICK VYAS
If the past year showed anything, it is that we can no longer depend on a single, long supply chain. Instead, we should depend on a regional node or decoupled supply chain.
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by SAMUEL ABRAMS
Americans are now collectively afraid to raise questions and speak their minds — even if well intentioned — for fear of a woke-mob coming for them and their families.
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by TODD YOUNG
With America’s global leadership in science and technology being challenged by a state capitalist regime in Beijing, it is critical that Congress take steps to win this critical fight.
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by CLETE WILLEMS
For the last few years, the U.S. and EU have spent too much time and energy fighting each other that is better spent on coordinating on action against China.
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by ANTHONY KIM & TERRY MILLER
An Anglo-American trade agreement would be a force generator for greater economic dynamism and prosperity. And it would play a key role in reinvigorating the global free-trade agenda.
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by MARK LINSCOTT
The World Trade Organization can have a bright future. But that future is certainly not assured, and threats to it will continue to expand as countries seek out alliances outside of the WTO.
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by KEVIN SABET
Despite industry rhetoric, marijuana is indeed addictive. A recent study found one in three past-year users had what clinicians call a Cannabis Use Disorder, or addiction.
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by PAUL ARMENTANO
Our nation’s federalist principles demand that Congress respect voters’ decisions on cannabis — and repeal the failed policy of federal prohibition.
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