How California’s sky-high gas prices may go national
California was once a leader in both pop culture and political innovation. Now, it’s just a leader in bad ideas that threaten to spread nationwide. Golden State drivers have been…
Marijuana prohibition still rules official Washington
The Biden administration is happy to talk about expanding the federal government’s role in everyday life. It’s far less eager to talk about the president’s dogged determination to keep fighting…
IRS wants to crack crypto wallets
On the heels of the federal government’s push to track cryptocurrency more closely, the IRS’s criminal division is seeking new tools that will enable it to defeat, or “crack,” crypto…
Missouri lawmakers approve tax relief for cannabis companies
Even as a majority of states have legalized recreational or medical marijuana and spurred a growing cannabis industry, there are still a number of legal obstacles preventing those companies from…
Entitlements are still the biggest source of federal deficits
The federal government’s current spending spree has raised serious concerns among those who still think deficits matter. But as those folks and others have long known, the prime driver of…
The hidebound and costly thinking on infrastructure
There are any number of reasons to push back against the Biden administration’s $2.3 trillion infrastructure proposal, and the remnant that still thinks Washington spends too much money for a…
Mr. Biden’s retroactive taxes
The Biden administration is rolling out its $6 trillion spending package, and buried inside it is a poisonous assumption: that the capital gains tax will have been raised – retroactively…
No, we don’t need a new industrial policy for semiconductors
There’s a shortage of semiconductors in the world that’s affecting large sectors of the economy – from cars to phones and many things in-between. The normal economic response to shortages…
Time to bury a 135 year-old cronyist law at sea
The federal government maintains a thicket of laws from decades ago that have long outlived their usefulness and now serve only to rob the many to enrich the few. Among…
A real reason to distrust big tech: its opposition to right-to-repair laws
There are plenty of bad reasons to dislike how big technology companies do business. But one criticism that should stick – and rankle – is how some tech giants, and…