Envy rules, even in Westfield. That’s one conclusion to draw from Netflix’s announcement of a second season for its hit series The Watcher, a mystery built around house lust. Over the course of the (already) too many episodes, citizens of…

Some of our nation’s politicians seem to know very little about basic economic principles despite constantly proposing legislative action on economic issues. Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D–Mass.) and Rep. John Bowman (D–N.Y.) now want federal regulators to impose rent control on…

During my many battles fighting against cronyism, I have often been accused of being hard on government while letting businesses off the hook. This accusation is weird. Defending the free market is quite different from a blanket defense of businesses….

Always beware of the name given to a piece of legislation. It rarely describes accurately the likely impact of enacting a bill. In fact, statutes often do the opposite of what their names suggest. Take Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar’s proposed…

I am writing this in a large but dreary hotel room in Orlando, Florida. I’m about to give a speech to a large group of retired people. These are well-to-do retired persons. That means they are smart. They have the…

Until this past fortnight, I had no idea how many American Spectator readers were emotionally attached to Hungary. I’ve heard from people who live there and people who want to live there and people who think that everybody should live…

Anti-capitalists around the world are now feverishly hoping that the coronavirus crisis will finally herald the long-awaited demise of capitalism. Whether in the United States, Great Britain, France, or Germany, anti-capitalist intellectuals everywhere are trotting out the same arguments. Just…

Americans are happier than ever before, and it’s all thanks to Ronald Reagan. This unexpected finding comes to us thanks to a study from the University of Warwick, in England. The Warwick researchers measured happiness by identifying, in over eight…

Well, here’s exactly the kind of news the liberal media hates. The Heritage Foundation has released its annual ranking of economic freedom in 180 countries — and there is good news for America in the Trump era. Heritage reports: The…