‘Officials say exporters pay the tariffs, but consumers see the opposite’

‘Yes, we want no banana tariffs’

Trump “insists his border taxes aren’t raising prices,” but the treasury secretary “more or less conceded otherwise” when he “floated exemptions for coffee and bananas,” says The Wall Street Journal editorial board. It “made no sense even on the administration’s protectionist logic to tariff products the U.S. doesn’t produce.” The “tariff costs are hitting home,” and are “making daily life less affordable now. Americans want a tariff reprieve for more than coffee and bananas.”

‘Too many kids can’t read. Blame a lack of spelling tests.’

You “cannot assume that spelling is being taught to your children. Many schools have shifted their focus elsewhere,” says Abby McCloskey. We are “losing something important when schools move away from the basics, letting t