Africa

• Global Stocks Drop on Renewed Concerns About China (WSJ)
• Iron Ore's Rally Stalls as Goldman to Citigroup Forecast Retreat (BBG)
• EU and Turkey close to groundbreaking migrant deal (FT)
• Carney's `Brexit' Stance Under Fire as BOE Accused of Bias (BBG)
• Oil edges lower after Kuwait dents hopes for output freeze (Reuters)
• OECD Leading Indicators Point to Slowing Global Growth (WSJ)
• Treasuries Rally as Japan Yields Extend Record Low on Safety Bid (BBG)

There are two very different ways to think of Antonin Scalia’s preferred method of interpreting the Constitution, often called originalism—and by the way, that Wikipedia page is unusually accurate and useful, though perhaps skewed a bit towards critics of originalism.

The U.S. Census Bureau recently released its data on U.S. trade in goods by selected countries and world region for 2015. HowMuch.net built three maps to provide a proportional visualization of the trade that occurs between the U.S. and other countries.

• Trump, Clinton capture key wins on Super Tuesday (Reuters)
• Hillary Clinton Triumphs in Delegate-Rich Super Tuesday States (WSJ)
• S&P 500 Futures Follow Oil Lower, Erase Gain After Super Tuesday (BBG)
• Oil below $37 as U.S. inventory rise counters output freeze plan (Reuters)
• Wall Street's big short: President Donald J. Trump (Reuters)
• Ex-Chesapeake CEO McClendon Indicted Over Lease Bid Rigging (BBG)
• Port Sale Highlights Western Australia’s Sinking Fortunes (WSJ)

Submitted by John Whitehead via The Rutherford Institute,

“The main problem in any democracy is that crowd-pleasers are generally brainless swine who can go out on a stage & whup their supporters into an orgiastic frenzy—then go back to the office & sell every one of the poor bastards down the tube for a nickel apiece.” ? Hunter S. Thompson

Politics today is not about Republicans and Democrats.