Whatever the government calls a piece of legislation or a program, it usually means the opposite. That used to be just plain ol’ American cynicism, but nowadays it’s pure Orwellianism. Case in point the so-called “Inflation Reduction Act,” the Biden…
We always knew this, but now there is no further doubt: Today’s Democrat Party is a congregation of slaves devoted to the federal government’s perpetual expansion at the expense of every other consideration. And that certainly includes Israel, amid a…
SACRAMENTO — Since COVID-19 emerged as a public-health threat in 2019, the federal and state governments have embraced a wide range of policies that were designed to “protect” us but instead have unleashed a fury of unintended — but easily…
Remember how, mere months ago, the debt-ceiling deal struck between Democrats and Republicans to avoid a government shutdown was touted as “an historic first step toward shifting government back toward common sense and conservatism”? The hope was that the spending…
Union leaders who are familiar with the economics of climate change and subsidized electric vehicles are suddenly reticent to endorse Joe Biden for a second term. Why is that? Doesn’t “Lunch Bucket Joe ” operate in the best interests of…
Toward the end of the legislation raising the debt ceiling, listed provisions detail congressional support for various permits and the like for the Mountain Valley Pipeline. This seems like a worthy project. It does not look like the concession that…
Don’t be confused by the latest numbers. Smart forecasters still predict a deep recession. Brian S. Wesbury and Robert Stein at First Trust Portfolios have been reliable guides over recent decades. They expressed some hope for a correction over the last…
Seemingly out of nowhere, “reforming” Social Security has become a point of emphasis for some Washington Republicans. It began to bubble up with Sen. Rick Scott’s policy manifesto and now may take center stage in the fight over the debt…
Progressives hate tax cuts. How can they stop wanting to take a bigger bite out of everyone’s paycheck when they see bigger and more intrusive government as the solution to every real and imagined problem? They will always want … MORE!!!…
Benjamin Franklin was a man of great wisdom, but he was mistaken when he opined that nothing is certain except death and taxes. Equally inevitable is the biennial Democratic attempt to frighten elderly voters by claiming the Republicans are plotting…