The progressive bluff on a resurrected BBB
House Democrats, or at those progressives form the safest of House districts, are intent on reanimating the corpse of Build Back Better. While these would-be Dr. Frankenstein’s know they don’t…
Biden’s Delaware dodge
Joe Biden has a habit of pointing to the relative economic success of his home state of Delaware as a reason to trust his judgement on massive tax and spend…
Congress wants to make it even harder to hold judges accountable
Two things can occur at the same time when Congress is involved: trying to do the right thing, but making another right thing nearly impossible to do. Congress is considering…
Judges pushing back against congressionally-mandated ethics rules
One of the oldest controversies in official Washington is just how far – if at all – Congress can go in enacting ethics legislation for federal judges. It’s a question…
Elizabeth Warren embraces court packing
While the president’s commission on Supreme Court reform warned that there were strong disagreements over so-called “court packing” – under which Congress would expand the number of justices from its…
The grocery bill is going to keep rising in 2022
Official government measures of inflation have final caught up to what people in the real world have known for years: prices for everyday items have never stopped rising. Where are…
Biden’s misguided fight against phantom monopolies will only further damage the economy
More evidence that the Biden administration has no idea what’s causing inflation, but is determined to look busy stopping it? Using the federal government’s antitrust enforcers to stamp out alleged…
Looking ahead on regulations—parts of the BBB may rise from the dead
Federal regulations are a long standing source of dispute, cost and worry for the private sector, conditions made even greater with Biden administration getting its regulatory muscles ready to flex….
Gavin Newsom justifies outsourcing state law enforcement to vigilantes
California Gov. Gavin Newsom took to the national press to explain/bolster/rationalize his proposal to follow Texas’ lead and outsource the enforcement of state laws on hot button issues to private…
Joe Biden’s gift to the ethanol lobby keeps gas (and food) prices high
The Biden administration and others in official Washington want to make it clear they are serious about fighting inflation. Except in certain instances. You know, like mandates that raise the…