Archive - Robert Robb

February 2025

Trump abdicates U.S. role as leader of the free world

Now that U.S. commitments are untrustworthy, there will be a geopolitical realignment among other democratic countries.

Feb 26 •

Give the market a chance on housing

Only freeing up supply and demand can produce the volume and diversity of housing stock required to broadly restore affordability. Politically, it's…

Feb 19 •

Trump is duplicating Biden's mistake of misreading election results.

Feb 11 •

Hobbs should accede on rural groundwater management

The GOP proposal is good enough to give it a chance, and much better than continued stalemate.

Feb 5 •

January 2025

Reasonable, and unreasonable, state and local roles in immigration enforcement

If American politics were healthier, this wouldn't be such a controversy.

Jan 31 •

The Hobbs political tightrope

How does she work with a GOP Legislature that won't work with her?

Jan 22 •

Both proponents and opponents misrepresenting the Laken Riley Act

Democrats cease holding immigration enforcement hostage to legalization.

Jan 14 •

The politics of a protective tariff don't work for Trump

The costs of a protective tariff are immediate and traceable, while any benefits are long-term and diffuse.

Jan 7 •

December 2024

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