J.D. Foster

Five Essential Lessons From Shutdown

Many lessons appear from the longest government shutdown on record, some obvious, some subtle. The most obvious is that the…

1 week ago

JD FOSTER: An Election Unlike Any Other

Republicans were roundly thrashed in the 2025 mid-mid-terms while Democrats found slivers of hope and energy. Attention now turns to…

3 weeks ago

Of Mamdani, Ruin, And The Big ‘No’

Think Berlin Gedachtniskirche (with an umlaut); in English, the “Memory Church,” a ruin of a once beautiful church in downtown…

4 weeks ago

Buckle Up, America. The Shutdown Fight Appears To Be Far From Over

Arizona Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly said on Sunday the shutdown could end this week if only “Republicans come to the…

1 month ago

New Jobs Report Shows Economy In Healthy Transition

The latest Labor Department jobs report shows native-born workers gaining jobs rapidly while foreign-born workers are losing jobs, netting to…

2 months ago

A Data Dependent Fed Is A Perpetually Too Late Fed

One phrase heard repeatedly in recent years is that monetary policy will be “data dependent.” In his Jackson Hole remarks,…

3 months ago

No, SCOTUS, The Federal Reserve Isn’t An ‘Independent Agency’

The Supreme Court was surely correct in its recent majority decision acknowledging President Trump acted within his authority in removing…

6 months ago

There Is No Recession Coming

Monthly economic data rarely provide confident clarity, and this week’s was no exception. But the story is a good one…

7 months ago

Will Trump’s ‘Liberation Day’ Tariffs End In Disaster Or Prosperity?

“Liberation Day” has come. So what does it mean? Beats the hell out of me. What we know is that…

8 months ago

Senate Republicans Could Pull Off The Unthinkable In Midterms

South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott is nothing if not an optimist. As Senate Republican Campaign Committee lead, Scott hopes to…

9 months ago

Trump Is Right About The Debt Limit — Kill It

President-elect Donald Trump has called for either eliminating the debt limit or pushing it far into the future. Many conservatives…

10 months ago

Trump Should Pursue His Tariffs — And Dump The World Trade Organization

How did tariffs and protectionism gain acceptance among conservatives? The short answer is that the mostly free-trade system built up…

11 months ago

Trump Tax Cuts Good, Flat Tax Better, Unified Flat Tax Best

The two Steves (Forbes and Moore) pressed again for the flat tax in a New Year’s Eve Wall Street Journal…

11 months ago

Congress Pours Fuel On The Debt Fire With Phony ‘Emergency’ Spending

Want to spend more with little muss and fuss? Declare the purpose an emergency. That is what Congress does —…

11 months ago

Biden-Harris Policies Left American Workers In The Lurch

More than half of Americans polled believe the American economy is in recession, which partly explains why former President Donald…

1 year ago