IRBY: Republicans Are Giving Farmers A Way To Push Back Against Biden’s Swamp Picks
take action: Support the OFF ACT The last decade has been brutal for family farmers, but most folks don’t really understand the root of the problem,…
Rising Budget Deficits Are the Surest Sign Of a Lack of Inflation
As seen in RealClearMarkets. Iran’s rial is in decline. As of last week it had fallen to 1/600,000th of a dollar. If we’re being realistic, it’s no…
Amazon Reminds Us That Competition, Not Legislation, Best Serves Customers
As seen in RealClearMarkets. How things have changed. Think payments. As Jimmy Soni notes in his excellent 2022 book The Founders (a history of…
America’s $100 billion climate change flop
As seen in the Washington Examiner. For at least the last 20 years, politicians in Washington, at the behest of green energy groups,…
‘America’ Doesn’t Need a ‘China Policy,’ Americans Just Need Freedom to Trade With the Chinese
As seen in RealClearMarkets. What is a “supply chain”? It’s not a tangible chain, and as such it’s not visible. In reality, a supply chain is…
Catherine Rampell Is Right About ‘Rosy Scenario’ Fatuity, Wrong About the Solution
As seen in RealClearMarkets. Several years ago I was invited to attend a Hoover Institution retreat out in Palo Alto. At the gathering, Hoover scholars presented…
Scholars rank biggest spending presidents as the greatest
As seen in the Washington Examiner. Before President Joe Biden entered the White House, he consulted with several prominent historians about how to be…
Gloating About Mask Study Will Win Arguments, Lose the War
As seen in RealClearMarkets. “Put on your mask, Dude.” That was said to me in an office building amid peak lockdown. “Where’s your mask?” was a…
It’s Time for Congress to Restrain An Out-of-Control Lina Khan
As seen in RealClearMarkets. In a Wall Street Journal piece explaining her decision to resign from the FTC, outgoing Commissioner Christine Wilson cited many reasons associated with Chairman…
If You Seek a Balanced Budget, You’re Missing the Point
If you’re ever searching for the personification of sanctimonious, find yourself a “balanced budget” proponent. These individuals will tell you in haughty, eyes-periodically-closed fashion about the crisis that awaits us…