When Masterpiece Cake Shop chose not to bake a cake for a same-sex wedding on moral grounds, conservatives rightly defended the right of a business owner to refuse the business. Puzzling now is that Republican politicians are and have been harassing financial institutions in Texas for them allegedly passing on financing fossil fuel extraction and gunmakers.
Masterpiece Cake Shop From Right As Texas Pols Attack Banks Read More »
The simple truth is that genius is rarely transferable, and the fact that it isn’t can almost certainly be found in TikTok’s resistance to a sale.
TikTok Without ByteDance Is Like Belichick Without Brady Read More »
“It became necessary to destroy the town in order to save it.” The previous quote, perhaps apocryphal, relates to a battle over Ben Tre in Vietnam. It comes to mind as ‘limited government’ conservatives promise their flock small government via expanded government.
GOP Promises ‘Limited Government’ Via Big Government Read More »
What these substantial investments signal is that while their critics view Meta, Google and Microsoft as monopolies, they plainly don’t feel that way.
Google, Meta and Microsoft Apparently Didn’t Get the ‘Monopoly’ Memo Read More »
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 exception.
Book Review: Joseph Epstein’s ‘Never Say You’ve Had a Lucky Life’ Read More »
Just leave businesses alone. Harassing them doesn’t suddenly take on noble qualities when it’s Republicans doing the harassing.
Why Is Republican Governor Kevin Stitt Acting Like a Democrat? Read More »
Gold continues to close at record-setting prices. In the past six months alone, the metal is up almost 25% — now costing as much as $2,400 per ounce.
Gold Prices Scream Biden’s ‘Shrinkflation’ Narrative Is All Wrong Read More »
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.
Donald’s Plan To Run the Fed Shames Trump and His Critics Read More »
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 bigger threat to the U.S. than any social media site could ever hope to be.
Marco Rubio’s Fear of An App Is a Much Bigger Threat Than the App Read More »
It used to be broadly understood that inflation was currency devaluation, not a politicized concept that warring ideologies could redefine on the fly. They’ve done exactly this in recent years by making inflation whatever they want it to be, including an effect of lockdowns, deficits, the impossibility that is “easy money,” and on and on.
Supply Siders Close To Trump Need To Fix His Dollar Confusion Read More »
