The Public Policy
by | May 15, 2025

The time is now for a permanent halt to the naggingly recurring and seriously unhealthy chatter about Republicans raising the top tax rate on millionaires. Like psoriasis, this irritating talk erupts, reassuringly subsides, and then reappears days later, resuming this cycle…

by | May 15, 2025

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump started the first major international travel of his second term in Riyadh, where he publicly bonded with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. Pundits call the crown prince, the nation’s de facto leader, MBS. Trump…

by | May 9, 2025

Sanctuary cities are a triumph of superficial compassion over practical morality. Cloaked in righteous language, these jurisdictions promise safety and sanctuary to migrants while recklessly disregarding their primary obligation: the protection of their own citizens. Beneath their virtuous façade, sanctuary…

by | Apr 28, 2025

America’s immigration debate has always oscillated between enforcement and amnesty, often missing innovative strategies lying somewhere in between. But President Donald Trump’s latest move — offering undocumented migrants cash incentives and airfare to voluntarily leave the United States — introduces…

by | Apr 24, 2025

For decades, American politicians have promised to revive manufacturing, especially factory jobs. This is viewed as a way to rebuild the middle class and restore national pride. Donald Trump has made it a central promise of his campaigns, repeatedly vowing…

by | Apr 5, 2025

The Trump administration has officially commenced its war on illicit drugs with the release of the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP)’s Drug Policy Priorities. These priorities lay out the administration’s one year plan of attack on…

by | Apr 3, 2025

Whenever the subject of trade comes up, many right-leaning free traders and left-leaning neoliberals alike trot out the same talking point: “The economists all agree tariffs are terrible!” And perhaps they do — or at least most of them do….

by | Apr 3, 2025

All the talk about tariffs so far this year — and especially with the developments this week — has created massive uncertainty. All of a sudden, complex supply chains that have taken decades and billions of dollars to develop face…

by | Apr 1, 2025

Many people (including White House officials) believe that President Trump can simply remake the economy however he wishes. This is incorrect. While a president wields significant power when it comes to some economic policies, he cannot magically make the economy flourish….

by | Mar 21, 2025

While Elon Musk and his DOGE reformers dominate media attention, a fundamental change in the American government is taking place in foreign policy. The prime director is the president himself, Donald Trump, with no other voice a close second to…

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