What will public schools do when federal pandemic relief funding runs out?
Public schools are facing massive enrollment declines, with at least 19 states losing 3% or more of their students compared to pre-pandemic levels. New York’s 5.9% plunge is the biggest, and California isn’t too…
Americans’ Trust In Government, Media, And Other Major Institutions Nosedives To Record Low
Confidence in major U.S. institutions such as the government, media, law enforcement, and Big Tech is at a record low and has not improved at all since 2021, a new report from…
When in the Course of Human Events
On July 3, 1776 – the Second Continental Congress having the day before enacted a resolution declaring the political ties between United Colonies and Great Britain “totally dissolved” – an…
What Kind of President Do Republicans Want?
The Biden presidency is a disappointment to Americans. That goes for people who voted for him—who thought he’d do a better job—and people who, even as they voted against him,…
Who’s In Charge?
“Which way am I going?” asked President Biden when he ended Thursday’s press conference at the NATO summit in Madrid. He began to exit stage right, before someone redirected him toward stage…
Do Switching Voters Portend Good for the GOP?
A new media analysis of U.S. voter registration data shows that more than one million voters have reregistered as Republicans over the last year. That number, while dramatic on its…
Judge Slams Brakes on Noncitizen Voting
A New York State Supreme Court justice has ruled that a new law allowing 800,000 noncitizens to vote in local elections in New York City was unconstitutional. The case will be appealed…
Biden Calls Gas Tax Holiday a ‘Big Help.’ Obama Called It a ‘Gimmick.’
On the campaign trail in 2008, Obama said of the tax suspension, “We’re arguing over a gimmick that would save you half a tank of gas over the course of the entire…
‘Thuggish Behavior’: Countries Are Using An International Policing Body To Target Americans. Here’s The Latest Example
India requested to add Indian-American entrepreneur Ramachandran Viswanathan to an international most-wanted list, one possible example among many documented cases of governments abusing the global policing body Interpol. India charged…
The View Through Debbie Stabenow’s Windshield
Whether or not Marie Antoinette said rioting French peasants upset about the shortage of bread to feed their families should “eat cake” instead is not important. The idea that she…
How President Biden’s plan for student loan forgiveness will make student debt worse
Many of the 43.3 million Americans with federal student loan debt totaling $1.61 trillion have anxiously anticipated President Joe Biden’s decision about student loan forgiveness. Last week, The Washington Post reported that the president’s plan, which sources…
America’s Most Important Economic Storyteller Is Confused
As somebody who’s paid to tell stories about the economy, I always find it satisfying to assemble data points to produce a compelling pointillist picture about the state of the…
The Iran Crisis Is Here
As if we didn’t have enough to worry about: This week Iran escalated its war against the West. On June 8 the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) passed a resolution calling on…
What I Learned From My Father About The Prodigal Son
When I was a boy of fourteen, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be twenty-one, I…