There is something unsettling about modern silence. The hum of a solar panel. The blink of a router. The quiet whirr of an inverter behind a barn. These things do not shout. They wait. And increasingly, they listen. This month,…
Boeing’s aircraft have made headlines multiple times over the last few months — and not for the right reasons. On today’s episode of The Spectator P.M. Podcast, hosts Ellie Gardey and Aubrey Gulick discuss Christopher Rufo’s recent interview with a Boeing insider…
The oldest put-down in New York always revolves around buying the Brooklyn Bridge. The tag line is always something like, “If you’re that dumb I’ve got a bridge to sell ya.” There are a lot of variations on that theme…
The government has a dilemma: It’s pushing hard for fuel-efficient vehicles, but gas taxes pay for roads. There’s an obvious fix, but are Americans ready for it? Granted, tax credits, subsidies, and government mandates aren’t delivering the electric-vehicle sales surge…
Post offices across the country are falling apart with little prospect of repair or improved safety for workers. According to a recent report by the U.S. Post Office inspector general (IG), an astounding 73 percent of audited facilities had unreported…
Among the many costs of COVID-related panic has been the diminution of global economic freedom. According to the Heritage Foundation’s illuminating 2022 Index of Economic Freedom, the response of governments to COVID “wreaked havoc on the world economy.” The study…
Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg tried to distance his department’s decision-making from the supply crisis on CNBC’s Squawk Box Wednesday, saying that supply chain issues “will persist as long as this pandemic continues.” “I mean, if a shoe factory closes in…
On Monday, Joe Biden uncorked the largest lie of a 50-year political career overstuffed with them. “My Build Back Better Agenda costs zero dollars,” he tweeted. “Instead of wasting money on tax breaks, loopholes, and tax evasion for big corporations…
Expansive definitions of infrastructure have become a running gag on the internet, but credulity-straining inclusions in the $1 trillion bill like an Amtrak vaping ban shouldn’t blind us to the imprudence of federal spending on some of the things that fit the definition of infrastructure well….
