For many years now, there has been a spirited debate about whether climate change is science, religion or even perhaps a secret route to socialism. That question remains unanswered, but we've now discovered with certainty that climate change is a political albatross around the neck of the Democratic Party.

With $30 trillion of debt -- which has grown by $5 trillion in just the last two years, with another $2 trillion of red ink expected to get spilled this year -- you might have expected Congress at least to pretend it will temper its reckless spending proclivities.

The Labor Department announced Thursday to no one’s surprise that over the past 12 months, consumer prices have risen 7.9 percent. And that’s the good news.

How much is President Joe Biden’s war on US energy costing you and all Americans?

What if two years ago, when COVID-19 first hit these shores, our politicians hadn't panicked?

Good news and bad news from the Labor Department this week. The good news: wages last year were up about 4.6%. In normal times, that is a number that would make us cheer.

Once, during a meeting with then-presidential candidate Donald Trump inside Trump Tower on Fifth Avenue in New York, we discussed energy policy. I told Trump that if we went all out to produce America’s abundant supply of oil, gas, and coal, the United States could be energy independent in four years.

Most economists and analysts saw the jobs report for December as a disappointment – but not Joe Biden.

Lower income Americans often live paycheck to paycheck and lack access to quick cash or credit in an emergency.