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No question Donald Trump won the first presidential debate, even if being present was all it took. But The Donald missed an opportunity he shouldn’t pass up on the next one — the opportunity to brand…
The biggest problem in Pakistan is one of insufficient economic growth, growth that in other parts of the world has more and more resulted in air conditioning as a fact of life.
Joseph McCarthy was largely right about all of the fellow travelers he exposed within the United States government. When the Soviet Union fell and its files were opened, there it all was.…
Read Jim VandeHei’s excellent book to instigate your own thinking about where your individual genius lies, and what to do and not do once you’ve happened on the most important discovery of your…
Markets privatized Social Security, let’s not force them to privatize yet another bad government idea.
I voted for Trump in 2020, and intend to vote for him again. But let’s be serious, and let’s ask what Republicans would be saying if Trump had been re-elected in 2020.
With the exception of government, there’s no such thing as “hidden wealth,” but there is wealth preservation and expansion when the long fingers of government don’t find their way into our pockets.
If you’re interested in or remember John Wooden and UCLA’s basketball dynasty, you’ll enjoy Scott Howard-Cooper’s new book, Kingdom on Fire. It’s a fun read that shines a light on Wooden’s genius,…
It would be difficult to find a more dangerous, at odds with reality belief than the one that says war brings with it a growth upside.
It’s not social media or online activity imperiling young people, rather it’s mistakes, including mistakes borne of faulty parental supervision. There ought to be a law? No.
Realistically, and in a comment on how much wallet share Congress already enjoys, the only reasonable corporate tax is zero.
Monetarism: Government has no resources. It can only spend what it’s taken from us first.
Here’s hoping legislators get out of the way so that market forces make their way into the American home.
The more jobs or aspects of jobs made redundant by machines, and yes, global trade, the more new jobs that lift narrow, formerly unrecognized skills will reveal themselves.
Well, you could see this one coming from miles away… What’s that? Nobel economists using the GOP’s new definition of “inflation” to critique Donald Trump’s future policies.
I really dislike the elitist media and the control it has over the “can’t think for themselves crowd.” Across the pond, Nigel Farage’s Reform UK is making waves. Of…
Whatever informs a greater propensity to save will as a rule enable soaring production without which there is no production. In short, and assuming “Vibecession” is a real thing, it’s once again…
Who needs Karl Marx when you have Nicholas Kristof playing conservatives so brilliantly?
It’s accepted wisdom that the high-priced goods endured by consumers in recent years were evidence of inflation. Except that they were not.
Cut taxes. Waiters and waitresses should be taxed less, but entrepreneurs and CEOs should be taxed much less.
Stephens disappointingly makes a case that the market’s vitality is a Federal Reserve thing. He quotes Sharma as saying in an interview that “When the price of borrowing money is zero, the price of…
In a Times opinion piece published the day after his announcement, Murthy argued that “young people should be protected from technology that hasn’t been proved safe.”
Select Language DOJ Should Change Its Tune On Live Nation Antitrust Lawsuit A few years ago, a prominent DC lobbyist told me no one could compete against America’s tech giants. He stated, “We used to…
Troy Aikman once speculated that Larry Allen was the best player in the NFL. People who understand the highly cerebral sport can decide for themselves if Aikman was right.
