The online privacy charade
Most folks understand that advertisers are eager to track their behavior online. And they would do so to the greatest degree technology allows except, we’ve been told, most of our…
Mr. Biden gets a “D” on education
America’s public schools had a very rough year thanks to the coronavirus. The Biden administration has pledged to get kids back into classrooms and has put tens of billions of…
The Green Tariff Racket
Governments are always on the lookout for new ways to generate revenue. One of the newest: slapping tariffs on foreign goods unless producers meet certain specific rules and regulations on…
Pretending debt doesn’t matter
The federal government’s years-long debt binge has left the country more than $28 trillion in the hole with no sign, from either major political party, that the borrowing will stop….
DoD report says the potential for nuclear combat is rising
With Afghanistan teetering and inflation roaring back to life, what other 1970s throwbacks are awaiting to make their 21st century debuts? How about a rising possibility of nuclear combat? A…
Afghanistan approaches collapse
The U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan is proceeding as planned, apparently bringing to a close the nation’s longest foreign war. What’s replacing U.S. forces are scenes eerily reminiscent to those that…
Inflation is going to be with us for a while
More and more economists, as well as the public at-large, are coming to see and expect what the central bankers prefer not to think about: inflation is going to be…
Woeful government tech lead to an historic ‘fleecing of the America taxpayer’
As we’ve noted before, criminals of various types took quick advantage of the federal government’s spending binge in 2020. Whether it was scamming unemployment payments or getting loans for phony…
George McGovern’s business lesson for Joe Biden
While Joe Biden frets that there may not be enough competition and government needs to ride to the rescue, there are examples of politicians more liberal than Biden who eventually…
Mr. Biden’s ‘shocking ignorance’ about business
President Biden’s executive order calling for more government involvement to stimulate private sector competition has quickly become a ripe target for advocates of limited government and free markets. It’s not…
GAO: F-35 threatens to become a program the DoD can no longer afford
The Defense Department is one of the largest line items in the federal budget. Hundreds of billions of dollars each year are devoted to sustaining and maintaining our armed forces,…
Cuomo declares a gun violence disaster emergency
When last we looked at New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, he was facing a possible impeachment inquiry – which, according to reports out of Albany, in still grinding ahead over…