Many lessons appear from the longest government shutdown on record, some obvious, some subtle. The most obvious is that the…
Republicans were roundly thrashed in the 2025 mid-mid-terms while Democrats found slivers of hope and energy. Attention now turns to…
Think Berlin Gedachtniskirche (with an umlaut); in English, the “Memory Church,” a ruin of a once beautiful church in downtown…
Arizona Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly said on Sunday the shutdown could end this week if only “Republicans come to the…
The latest Labor Department jobs report shows native-born workers gaining jobs rapidly while foreign-born workers are losing jobs, netting to…
One phrase heard repeatedly in recent years is that monetary policy will be “data dependent.” In his Jackson Hole remarks,…
The Supreme Court was surely correct in its recent majority decision acknowledging President Trump acted within his authority in removing…
Monthly economic data rarely provide confident clarity, and this week’s was no exception. But the story is a good one…
“Liberation Day” has come. So what does it mean? Beats the hell out of me. What we know is that…
South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott is nothing if not an optimist. As Senate Republican Campaign Committee lead, Scott hopes to…
President-elect Donald Trump has called for either eliminating the debt limit or pushing it far into the future. Many conservatives…
How did tariffs and protectionism gain acceptance among conservatives? The short answer is that the mostly free-trade system built up…
The two Steves (Forbes and Moore) pressed again for the flat tax in a New Year’s Eve Wall Street Journal…
Want to spend more with little muss and fuss? Declare the purpose an emergency. That is what Congress does —…
More than half of Americans polled believe the American economy is in recession, which partly explains why former President Donald…