John F. Di Leo
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By Unanimous Vote, Delaware Set the Stage for Success

by John F. Di Leo December 7, 2018 A.D. Reflections on the anniversary of the first ratification convention’s conclusion… On December 7, 1787, at Elizabeth Battel’s Golden Fleece Tavern in Dover, Delaware, the state of Delaware became the first state to ratify the new […]

Perfect Timing for Corrections in International Trade

By John F. Di Leo November 30, 2018 A.D. Reflections on the latest summit in the southern hemisphere… The heads of state of the USA, Mexico and Canada signed the new NAFTA 2.0 – the USMCA – early Friday morning […]

Immigration, Past and Present – One by One, and Into the Millions

By John F. Di Leo  November 21, 2018 A.D. Reflections on Immigration at a time of Thanksgiving Immigration looms large on the public consciousness these days, with daily news stories about the cultural, economic, and historical effects of mass immigration […]

Criminal Justice Reform, and Confronting Reality

By John F. Di Leo  November 19, 2018 A.D.  For the past few cycles, the Democratic Party has added what they call “criminal justice reform” to their campaign platforms, and President Donald Trump has recently joined the call, in part. There […]

A Seat at the Table, and CNN’s Embarrassing Presumption

By John F. Di Leo November 14, 2018 A.D. As tempers flare in Washington this November, with the dust settling on late-night midterm results and vote fraud occurs in broad daylight… we see an unusual dispute in the news.  This […]

Loch Ness and the Quest for Collusion

by John F. Di Leo November 9, 2018 A.D. I believe in the Loch Ness Monster. Now, that’s not to say that I think I know what it is. It might be a family of ancient plesiosaurs that survived the […]

Unlocking Trade: The U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement

From the November 2018 issue of TMA News: by John F. Di Leo November 1, 2018 A.D.   The United States has Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) with 20 countries, ranging from enormous trading partners like Canada to tiny trading partners […]

Allocating Blame in the Sight of Horror

By John F. Di Leo October 31, 2018 A.D. Who’s to blame? Every time there is a shooting, a bombing, any kind of mass killing, a heartbroken nation asks ourselves, who’s to blame? We must begin, of course, with the […]

Of Drugs and Thugs and Pipe-Bomb Scares, Of Caravans and Kings

By John F. Di Leo October 26, 2018 A.D.   In the news this week – just two weeks out from a critically important midterm election – the news is full of stories about pipe bombs being mailed to prominent […]

Global Trade and the Challenges of Intellectual Property

Global Trade and the Challenges of Intellectual Property by John F. Di Leo October 15, 2018 A.D.   As the Trump administration has focused heavily on trade this year, it has been instructive to note the weight that has been […]

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