Central Banks And Climate: A Case Of Mission Creep
Central banks are rushing headlong into climate policy. This is a mistake. It will destroy central banks’ independence, their ability to fulfill their main missions to control inflation and stem…
Frontiers of Freedom Statement on US Postal Service Year-end Financial Results
On November 13th, the U.S. Postal Service reported its Fiscal Year (FY) 2020 results. This revealed many insights about the agency with the largest takeaway being a disappointing $9.2 billion…
Return of the Propeller Heads
Barack Obama had a nickname for the highly credentialed economists who surrounded him during his first term. He called them “propeller heads.” It was his way of joshing—and asserting superiority…
American Innovation Under Threat – Patent Trolls Hurt U.S. Industry While Helping China
For a variety of reasons, the U.S.-China rapport established by Richard Nixon has cooled considerably over the past few years. Some experts believe a return to what seemed to be…
A 2020 American Situation Report
During and after the Vietnam war in the 1960s and the 1970s, the American as well as the foreign media conditioned most of their readers and viewers to focus their attention…
“It ain’t over till it’s over!” (Yogi Berra)
This is a difficult time for Trump supporters. The unofficial, unelected, arrogant news media took it upon themselves to declare Joe Biden the 46th president of the United States, thereby confusing…
5 Reasons Conservatives Should Have Hope For The Future
If Joe Biden walks away with a presidential victory, conservatives will have many reasons to despair. This would portend some terrifying realities about propaganda and the manipulation of public opinion,…
Supreme Court May Void Individual Mandate, But Unlikely to Topple Obamacare
The Supreme Court may strike down the Affordable Care Act’s individual mandate but appears poised to uphold most of the law against a constitutional challenge from a coalition of red…
Religious Liberty Should Prevail
This past week in Fulton v. City of Philadelphia, the Supreme Court re-entered the dangerous minefield at the junction of religious liberty and anti-discrimination. The current dispute arose when Philadelphia’s Department of…
An Election Day Bridge Too Far
No wonder half the public is concerned about irregularities in the 2020 voting. No wonder they would support Donald Trump’s skepticism, once a reputable legal team quickly, publicly, and transparently presents to the…
Woke Faced the Voters—and Lost
In a week of surprises, California’s rejection of a ballot measure that would have allowed the state to resume its affirmative action program was among the most significant. The measure,…
Stalemate 2020
The polls were wrong. The blue wave was no tsunami. The Democratic majority did not fully emerge. Parts of the “coalition of the ascendant” drifted to the right. For a…
‘The Squad’ Defends Socialism After Scuffle With House Democrats
Representatives Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D., N.Y.) and Rashida Tlaib (D., Mich.) rushed to defend fellow left-wing Democrats after a colleague blamed their socialist messaging for her near loss in Tuesday’s election.…
Reports Of Election Fraud Keep Piling Up In Michigan. What’s Going On?
As absentee ballot counting continues in a handful of key states across the country, reports of voter fraud, ballot tampering, and the illegal removal of Republican election observers are cropping…
SO FAR: SO,SO!
I specifically waited to write this post until the election was over. As we now know, and many predicted (including this writer), this one may not be over this week!…