Bernanke’s belief that the Fed’s efforts to foster fake Treasury yields, fake equity and corporate bond prices, more housing consumption, and a weaker dollar are remarkable not just for how much his…
I like the stories about how media used to be. Calvin Trillin has been at it since the 1950s, which means his book, ‘The Lede’, is full of old columns by him remembering the massive expense accounts…
Christi Noem needs some love. I’ve read the excerpts from her book, I knew exactly what she was talking about. Responsible people make hard decisions. Nobody wants to shoot a dog, but…
Mark Helprin tells Barton Swaim that Russia, China and Iran are making enormous strides in South America, “’and we can’t allow them to do that. If South America goes, we’re done.’” Really? How?
What the CFPB plainly misses is that a lack of information is costly, and it is to borrower and lender, credit card holder and issuer, and certainly for renter and landlord alike.
To say that many prices were higher in the aftermath of a Key Bridge-equivalent collapse on a global scale in 2020 insults statement of the obvious. Of course prices were and are higher, and of…
There’s always lots of disagreement about immigration, and much less about migration. Many would agree that at least historically, New York was the final test for ambitious Americans.
Joseph Epstein has been writing really great books and columns for years, including one on gambling in the Wall Street Journal last week. He’s always entertaining, and his autobiography is no…
It’s always tough after college basketball season ends. College football doesn’t start until late August. I go into withdrawal. I need something to watch. Thankfully, this year…
Trump’s delusions, and the gnashing of the teeth of his critics, are yet another reminder that the Fed’s powers over interest rates are vastly overstated.
Our aim is to convince Americans to think harder about home ownership as the endgame, its frequently unspoken opportunity costs, and how much ownership of property encumbers our pursuit of…
I’m kind of proud of myself. I don’t want to bore y’all with another article on fiscal mismanagement in Richmond, Virginia, but I’ve had a mini-brainstorm. I am sure…
If the Seattle giant is unequal to the future, this will be revealed in the marketplace. For now, how foolhardy for media members to harass Amazon’s present efforts to discover the future.
Beyond the flamboyant absurdity of the charges being lobbed at TikTok, it should be stressed over and over again that per Reagan, the taking of freedom by ankle biters like Rubio is an exponentially…
In his 2006 book Who Really Cares, Arthur Brooks wrote of how the late Robert Byrd’s generosity with the money of others could be found all over the state of West Virginia. There was the Robert C.…
A a non-compete clause ban would eviscerate roughly 1/5th of employment agreements in the U.S., and as evidenced by the number, it would increase the cost of hiring for some employers to the…
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