Conservative Paranoia About WeChat Is Belied by Traditional Conservative Reason
As seen in RealClearMarkets. “WeChat is the most popular communications platform in the world for Chinese speakers.” Those are the words of Johns Hopkins professor Seth Kaplan. This is important…
Rising Inequality Is the Only Real Path Toward Cheaper Credit
As seen in RealClearMarkets. On March 23, 2021, the Predatory Loan Prevention Act became law in the state of Illinois. Billed as a way to protect…
William Barr’s Attack On ‘Big Tech’ Is the Personification of Self-Unaware
As seen in RealClearMarkets. Success in politics requires an impressive lack of self-awareness. Think about it. What political types must say on a daily basis, and…
President Biden Takes On the Berenstain Bears…And Loses
As seen in RealClearMarkets. “No need to worry, no need to fret. The thing for you may not have been invented yet.” – The Berenstain Bears. The…
Proposed airline merger would bring more competition and lower fares
As seen in the Washington Examiner. If you want to see a classic case of how President Joe Biden’s regulatory tendencies are strangling the…
If the Case Is That Sam Bankman-Fried “Manipulated” Markets, Then There Is No Case
As seen in RealClearMarkets. Time will tell on the matter of Sam Bankman-Fried and FTX. The view expressed in my new book The…
Will Wizards of the Coasts’ Plan to Reduce Consumer Choice Pay Dividends?
As seen in RealClearMarkets. Gone are the days of Dungeons and Dragons (D&D) being the province solely of Cheeto consuming basement dwellers. D&D, the world’s most…
Five bills that Republicans must engage on to change the status quo
As seen in The Hill. House Republicans’ Commitment to America and the House rules package negotiated between Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) and the House…
Since When Was a Debate Over Spending Unreasonable?
As seen in RealClearPolitics. The Biden White House announced this past week that it is essentially unwilling to negotiate on raising the debt limit. For all of President Biden’s…
Predictions of China’s Decline Born of Low Birthrates Are Baseless
As seen in RealClearMarkets. New York Times columnist Bret Stephens is 49. It’s good news that he’s relatively young simply because it means readers will get to…