Inflation: A Modern Fiscal and Monetary ‘Mess’
Last week’s announcement that the Federal Reserve is gearing up for a round of tightening in response to runaway inflation raised the question: Where did this inflation mess come from? To some extent,…
Fix US Intellectual Property Rights to Encourage Innovation
One of the keys to America’s growth from 1776 to becoming the world’s strongest, most robust and innovative economy within a little more than 100 years is that our Constitution…
Is the American Labor Movement Dying? All Signs Point to Yes.
Joe Biden likes to talk about how “unions built this country.” And, up to a point, he’s right. From FDR to Nixon, the American labor movement held considerable sway over…
Conservative Coalition Urges Senate To Reject Biden’s FCC Nominee Over ‘Questionable Ethics’
A conservative coalition is calling for senators to reject President Joe Biden’s nomination of Gigi Sohn to the Federal Communications Commission, citing her criticism of conservative networks and alleged conflicts…
China’s Covid Victory Over America Turns Out to Be Pyrrhic
Authoritarian regimes tend to boast about themselves and denigrate their rivals. President Xi Jinping’s China is no exception. “As the Covid-19 epidemic takes away hundreds of lives every day in…
Conservatives should insist on real postal reform, not the appearance of reform
I read with interest the article entitled “Fiscal Conservatives Should Support Postal Reform” (published on Jan. 25, 2022) and written by Thomas A. Schatz. I think 9 out of 10 times,…
Swerving Toward the Edge of a Geopolitical Precipice: NATO’s and Russia’s Ukrainian Cat-and-Mouse Game
Once again, the European continent is being shaped by a global power struggle between NATO and a gradually declining – yet militarily stubbornly assertive – Russia with renewed imperialistic ambitions. …
The Problem With Ideological Purity in Congress
When Sen. Joe Manchin announced on Fox News that he could not support President Biden’s Build Back Better legislation even at its reduced price, he took heat from White House…
Putin Can’t Be Appeased
Vladimir Putin has deployed some 100,000 troops to Russia’s border with Ukraine. He has moved fighter jets and antiaircraft defenses into neighboring Belarus. He has around 6,000 soldiers, as well…
Supreme Court To Reconsider Affirmative Action for College Admissions
The Supreme Court announced on Monday that it will reconsider whether colleges and universities can use race as a factor in admissions. The justices took up a pair of challenges…
The Fed Signals Likely Interest-Rate Hike in March to Curb Inflation
The Federal Reserve signaled Wednesday that it will likely raise interest rates in March as part of a monetary policy shift to temper an over-heating economy and soaring inflation. With inflation…
5 Takeaways From The Latest Filings In The Carter Page Spygate Lawsuit
Over last weekend, attorneys for Carter Page filed responses to motions to dismiss filed by the FBI and eight agents involved in the Crossfire Hurricane investigation that led to the…
‘Wake Up Call’: Maryland County Returns Police to Schools After Shooting
Maryland’s Montgomery County became the latest Democrat-run jurisdiction to reverse its decision to remove police officers from schools after it suffered the first school shooting in the county’s history last…
China isn’t our only intellectual piracy problem
The U.S. economy runs on startups. For all of America’s brand-name mega-corporations, it’s young firms that create most of our new jobs during periods of economic growth. Those startups, in turn,…
Biden’s Climate Policies Damage America and Don’t Help the Climate
Fighting climate change is at the center of President Joe Biden’s administration, because, Biden claims, “[Climate change is] the number one issue facing humanity.” Biden’s solution, as outlined at the…