Taylor Swift and the Politics of Groupthink

By John F. Di Leo October 8, 2018 A.D.   Last weekend, pop (formerly country) superstar Taylor Swift – after years of carefully avoiding politics – took to Instagram to issue a polemic against Congressman Marsha Blackburn, candidate for U.S. […]

NAFTA 2.0 and a Return to Focus

by John F. Di Leo  October 3, 2018 A.D. Bringing it in just under the wire, negotiators representing Mexico, Canada, and the United States announced a new trade deal, to be named the USMCA, on Sunday, September 30, enabling the replacement […]