Some policy experts who, over the last few decades, saw little need for serious fiscal austerity because the government could borrow at low interest rates are now changing their tune. Their argument is that with rates now rising and the…
Many of our current domestic disasters stem from a slate of legislation passed six decades ago: President Lyndon Johnson’s Great Society, which resulted in a disastrous centralization of power in the Washington bureaucracy and then sought to impose its destructive…
SACRAMENTO — Let’s start with the obvious. The best way to ensure that Americans have enough money to pay for their groceries is to create a booming economy, keep a tight lid on inflation, and empower Americans to take care…
SACRAMENTO — In my American Spectator column last week, I complained about the Republican Party’s descent into protectionism and its move away from free-market policies — in the name of becoming a populist, working-class party. I urged Republicans to emulate Ronald…
“These rich men north of Richmond, Lord knows they all just wanna have total control.” So sang Oliver Anthony two weeks ago in a song that has been heralded as a “blue-collar anthem” — and for good reason. Oliver’s tune…
The Biden administration is, as of Aug. 1, enforcing a ban on incandescent light bulbs. While the restrictive bulb standards began in 2007 with the enactment of the Energy Independence and Security Act — which set maximum power requirements for…
“Inclusion” is a big element of our culture today. For example, we are looking for a new rabbi at my synagogue, and there have been several focus groups querying congregants about what they are most looking for in a new…
Disinformation, misinformation, and fake news are real problems in a world that is now mainly online. However, this shouldn’t blind us to the very real risk that comes from a government that aggressively polices information or becomes an arbitrator of…
Government Executive public administration expert Donald F. Kettl has recently come to the painful conclusion that the conservative Heritage Foundation’s Mandate for Leadership 2025 proposal on government reform is “a thoughtful but piercing critique of the existing civil service system.”…
