I enjoy reading and hearing perspectives from folks like Walter Williams, Thomas Sowell and Candice Owen's to check my thinking.
Of course. Insider trading doesn't apply to those making the laws. As king, all politicians would be barred from trading or minimally subject to the same rules c-suite execs (planned trades filed in adv or subject to the scrutiny of brokers (monitored trades for compliance, perception of ethics probs or conflicts)...
Just ask Jim Inhofe, he has gotten away with it twice now. Blatantly bought stock before awarding contracts, like an hour before.