Growth Doves. That’s what I call the liberal economists and political commentators who say that the U.S. can’t achieve 4% growth. It’s a ridiculous claim — disproved by history — but they are clinging to it. The reason is obvious….
Kelley Uimer closed her independent book shop in Roseville, California after the state raised its minimum wage for the fourth time in ten years. Kelley chose to her pay her workers a wage and compensate them through profit sharing. With each minimum…
The Spirit of America rallies planned for Saturday were originally intended to be smaller and more locally driven. However, they appear to be growing, says Debbie Dooley, one of the main rally organizers with the Main Street Patriots. Although several…
The federal government is prosecuting a Vietnam-era vet for displaying two four-by-six-inch American flags outside a Veterans Affairs (VA) fence in Los Angeles on Memorial Day, May 30, 2016. Robert L. Rosebrock, 74, is facing up to six months in…
It is a bit jarring for me to point to economist, political theorist, and historian Murray Rothbard (1926–1995) as an example of American exceptionalism. Rothbard was a fierce critic of all aspects of the federal government, and for him, and…
Last Friday, the Dept. of Homeland Security, Customs and Border Protection posted a preliminary solicitation for firms interested in designing and building the controversial border wall along the southern U.S. border. Less than a week later, more than 225 firms…
Why is Ohio still a forced unionism state, where labor bosses can have workers who refuse to pay union fees fired? As recently as 2012, Ohio was surrounded by forced unionism in every direction; now, workers in only one of…
Americans throughout the country will be rallying this week to show support for President Trump and his policy agenda. The rallies will be taking place in nearly 60 cities, with some taking place on Monday, while others are planned later…
When government bureaucrats tamper with the laws of supply and demand, the results are usually predictable and often unpleasant. Such is the case with Philadelphia’s recently enacted tax on sodas. Though only in effect for a short period of time,…
The Democrats expected to win in November. Their whole world was built around that reality. That is true most of all within the administrative state. Besides Hillary Clinton, the folks that populate the bureaucracy have been most stunned by Donald Trump’s…
