Recent public complaints by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (AOC) that New York costs too much for the working class (and should increase taxes on wealthier residents!) are rubbing salt in the wounds of her strident opposition to Amazon locating its headquarters…
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has become a liability for America. Its transformation from an economic and medical provider to a social engineer has made it an instrument of U.S. cultural imperialism. Unless USAID’s educational mission is…
The last 50 years have confirmed Judge J. Harvie Wilkinson’s warning against a Supreme Court interference on abortion and gun control measures. The contending factions on these two issues — since the first was nationalized by Roe v. Wade and…
Underneath the political back-and-forth over environmental, social, and governance (ESG) investing, we are seeing a sinister shift in targets. What began as a campaign among left-wing asset managers to blacklist and boycott fossil fuel companies has evolved into an exercise…
If you build mass transit, they will come. That “Field of Dreams” thinking is one of the operating assumptions behind the unprecedented federal and state spending spree on public transportation. The Biden administration is doling out as much as $108 billion on mass transit,…
In a world where economic decisions are mostly driven by short-term goals and political pressures, the need for a long-term, evidence-based approach is more pressing than at any time in memory. Enter the Copenhagen Consensus — a beacon of analytical…
Decisions rendered by the U.S. Supreme Court reverberate throughout our society and political system. In addition to actual decisions and the written opinions that accompany them, the Court sometimes has a major impact on public policy by choosing not to…
To hear them talk about it, feminists are fighting an uphill battle with the patriarchy, the pay gap, and gender inequality. But after Tuesday’s abortion victories in Ohio, Virginia, and Kentucky, it might just be time for feminists to spike…
There’s much talk this week about the need for a fiscal commission. The House Budget Committee held a hearing about it a few weeks ago. Pundits are Substacking about whether using the approach to put federal finances on a sustainable…
