EconomyCommentary
The Congressional Budget Office’s latest long-term budget outlook, released this week, shows that the nation is still on an unsustainable budget path, with no improvement… Read More
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Mergers and acquisitions in the converging communications, media, and internet industries dominated news earlier this month. Following the decision in the AT&T-Time Warner trial and… Read More
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Why would any conservative support the current Senate farm bill? It’s a failure when it comes to food stamps and farm subsidies. This may come… Read More
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My column a fortnight ago, titled “Diversity and Inclusion Harm,” focused on the dumbing down of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics curricula to achieve a… Read More
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The Senate is expected to take up its farm bill this week, and if the Senate follows the House’s lead, there will be a relatively… Read More
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The House Budget Committee last Thursday approved a budget resolution for fiscal 2019. The House budget, dubbed “A Brighter American Future,” would achieve balance in… Read More
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The Heritage Foundation has released its annual “Blueprint for Balance,” which, if fully adopted, would cut taxes, maintain a strong national defense, and balance the… Read More
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As we enter the summer, Republicans and Democrats continue to debate the merits of the tax cuts. Lost in this partisan bickering is the genuine… Read More
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A Washington state newsprint producer is single-handedly upending the U.S. newspaper industry, and not in a good way. The North Pacific Paper Co. pressured the… Read More
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The Trump administration proposes to reform and reorganize government by streamlining food regulation, merging two Cabinet departments, and consolidating housing programs. Combining the Education and… Read More
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Friday is the six-month anniversary of the passage of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act—legislation that has provided financial relief to millions of small businesses… Read More
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Thursday’s Supreme Court decision in South Dakota v. Wayfair, Inc. threatens to upend online commerce, drive thousands of small entrepreneurs out of business, and hike… Read More
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Small online businesses and consumers around the country will suffer the most from the Supreme Court’s ruling Thursday in South Dakota v. Wayfair Inc. It’s… Read More
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If a 10 percent tax on restaurant meals wasn’t enough to jack up the cost of dining in Washington, D.C., city residents just voted for… Read More
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The House Budget Committee this week unveiled its fiscal 2019 budget proposal, and the most important aspect is that it provides reconciliation instructions to authorizing… Read More
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A couple’s 30-year court fight with a union that did not allow them to opt out of paying union dues is over, and the couple… Read More
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American taxpayers are funding a university program that creates recipes for meals based on an African nation that exists only in comic books and movies…. Read More
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A Senate panel approved legislation that includes a 1.9 percent pay raise for civilian federal employees, even though the White House wants to give raises… Read More
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The Senate rejected an effort to $15 billion rescission bill on Wednesday with a 48-50 vote. A group of Republican senators led by Sen. Mike Lee… Read More
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An economic crisis has engulfed Puerto Rico. The Financial Oversight Management Board, a federally-mandated advisory group, has worked to help Puerto Rico deal with its… Read More
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Policy experts at The Heritage Foundation unveiled the think tank’s extensive “Blueprint for Balance” report on Monday, with the goal of providing Congress with a… Read More
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The Seattle City Council voted 7-2 to repeal its less-than-a-month-old “head tax” on the city’s businesses Tuesday in a win for employers, The Seattle Times… Read More
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These days, I’m often accused of being a globalist. The word is a pejorative meant to insinuate that I am more concerned about international corporations… Read More
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The chairman of a billion-dollar retail company says that a digital cryptographic record-keeping system called blockchain will be “more meaningful than the internet” in the… Read More
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Each year, the trustees of Social Security and Medicare issue their report delivering the news, invariably dismal, about the financial condition of the nation’s two… Read More
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President Donald Trump intends to nominate former Capitol Hill staff lawyer Mary Neumayr to head a White House council that coordinates energy and environmental policy… Read More
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In April, the Congressional Budget Office released its updated budget projections, and the outlook is grim. The annual federal deficit is projected to rise to… Read More
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A federal judge has granted preliminary injunctions to 11 more states against former President Barack Obama’s Waters of the United States rule. The wave of… Read More
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Say goodbye to a certain kind of extended family. Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, wants to close loopholes in the farm bill to stop lining the… Read More
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When President Donald Trump recently issued three executive orders that made it easier to fire poorly performing government employees, the backlash from public-sector unions was… Read More
