The fight over providing natural gas to homes
The desire to roll back the nation’s use of fossil fuels and replace it with renewables has taken some odd turns in recent years. That includes new rules in some…
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…
Time to give inspectors general the independence and tools they need to fight corruption
Executive branch agencies have never liked having inspectors general looking over their bureaucratic shoulders to make sure they are spending taxpayer money wisely, and operating efficiently. That’s why agencies, and…
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…