EconomyCommentary
“As goes (insert state), so goes the nation…” is one of the most overused clichés in modern political writing. It’s used to describe the outsized… Read More
EconomyNews
The Senate voted Wednesday to confirm three board members for the Export-Import Bank, reviving—over the objections of conservatives—a controversial federal agency that allows foreign countries… Read More
EconomyCommentary
The U.S. economy is thriving, with impressive growth in gross domestic product, wage and employment gains, and record trade. Those are the facts, in contrast… Read More
EnergyCommentary
As Americans work to file their taxes, Congress is setting to work on a package of expired tax credits this spring to enrich a few… Read More
EconomyCommentary
It would be easy to dismiss the Green New Deal as an impossible progressive dream, but that would be a mistake. The Green New Deal… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Sunday is the Super Bowl. I look forward to playing poker and watching. It’s easy to do both, because in a three hour-plus NFL game,… Read More
Economy Commentary
Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif., recently outlined her agenda as the new chairwoman of the House Financial Services Committee. Unfortunately, a continued misdiagnosis of the most… Read More
EconomyCommentary
During the holiday season, the weather cools and families gather, and we anticipate a delicious family dinner. When dinner comes to a close, we enjoy… Read More
EconomyAnalysis
If America’s auto manufacturers wrote letters to Santa, it’s not hard to guess what would be high on their lists: retaining the federal tax credit… Read More
EconomyCommentary
In the name of “saving” community newspapers, Congress could allow a small group of newspaper companies to shortchange their workers out of at least $62… Read More
EnergyCommentary
Frustrated with General Motors Co.’s recent announcement of plant closures and layoffs, President Donald Trump said the administration is now looking at cutting at subsidies… Read More
EconomyCommentary
As New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio rolls out the red carpet for half of Amazon’s new “HQ2” in Long Island City, he’s doubling… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Amazon announced its decision on Tuesday that it will split its second headquarters—“HQ2”—between the Crystal City section of Arlington County, Virginia, and New York City…. Read More
EconomyNews
Democrats are floating the idea of reinstating budgetary earmarks as a way to build support for funding the government on time, but some of their… Read More
LawCommentary
At 5 o’clock on Aug. 14, New York City turned its clocks back to the 1930s. The Taxi and Limousine Commission officially stopped issuing licenses… Read More
PoliticsCommentary
The next time you feel the urge to join a major protest to condemn the elite, powerful forces who are supposedly making your lives worse,… Read More
EconomyNews
New York Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo is willing to offer state help to the New York Daily News after nearly 50 percent of the editorial… Read More
EconomyCommentary
When will New York City learn that heavily regulating the taxi industry is the source of its ills, not it’s salvation? Not any time soon,… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Adam Smith, the 18th-century intellectual founder of modern free-market economics, famously called the economic system he advocated “the obvious and simple system of natural liberty.”… Read More
LawCommentary
Taxi medallion holders seeking court protection against competition from ride-sharing firms have lost once again. Last month, a three-judge panel of the 3rd U.S. Circuit… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Our national debt continues to balloon out of control, growing larger than the size of our entire economy. This trend has been accelerated by Congress’… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Last Wednesday, House leadership released a 2,232-page omnibus spending bill that keeps the federal government open through October. This bill was negotiated completely behind closed… Read More
Health CareCommentary
This week, congressional leaders withdrew legislative language that would have bailed out Obamacare’s health insurance companies as part of the $1.3 trillion, 2,232-page omnibus spending… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Over the last decade, short-term rental platforms like Airbnb, HomeAway, and VRBO have expanded and provided an economic boom to many communities. Yet several localities… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Cities, counties, and states waging a war against short-term rentals by imposing hefty fines and burdensome regulations on hosts and booking platforms, such as Airbnb… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Perhaps as soon as next week, the House Agriculture Committee will release its farm bill, and it looks now as if the end result likely… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Making loans to private individuals or entities has no foundation in the Constitution, but that doesn’t stop government from using lending to encourage desirable behaviors,… Read More
LawNews
Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., is keeping quiet as a federal grand jury investigates a bank loan to a now-defunct private college once run by his… Read More
EconomyCommentary
The bipartisan budget deal to spend hundreds of billions of dollars over the next two years is worse than you think. Not only would it… Read More
EconomyNews
Reinstating earmarks would encourage corrupted self-interest, a former U.S. senator warns. “Earmarks are about going to your banal interests rather than your highest interests; they’re… Read More
