The media today is fixated on presenting the economic and emotional cases for and against tariffs. As a result, politicians ...

Karl Rove contends that the president ‘presided over the Tariff of Abominations.’ This requires some clarification.

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This requires some clarification. The Tariff of Abominations was signed into law by John Quincy Adams in 1828. It was a major issue in that year’s election that swept Jackson and his new party ...