Speaking to the virtual Jackson Hole conference of the Federal Reserve System, Fed Chair Jerome Powell says that inflation will go away soon.

Republicans are losing faith in most American institutions, but their opinions of banks, big corporations, and Big Tech are falling the fastest, according to a recent poll released by Pew Research Center.

By: Judy Shelton – wsj.com – July 25, 2021 An odd notion seems to have taken hold in Washington: that the Federal Reserve’s easy monetary policy is good for workers. Near-zero interest rates are being hailed as the key to higher wages—even as consumer prices are increasing at the fastest pace since 2008. But nominal wage gains are an illusion when inflation...

By: The Editorial Board – wsj.com – July 22, 2021 Our liberal friends like to say the U.S. is experiencing a two-track pandemic recovery. They’re right about the symptoms but wrong about the diagnosis. The Labor Department’s state jobs report for June, released last Friday, shows an increasing economic divergence between states run by Republicans and Democrats, and the real reasons...

The NFL has a new national anthem, or at least a rival to the old one. According to reports last week, the NFL will play “Lift Every Voice and Sing,” commonly referred to as the black national anthem, before every game this year.

By: The Editorial Board – wsj.com – July 6, 2021 As cognitive dissonance goes, this is a classic. President Biden’s explicit policy goal is to reduce U.S. oil and gas production, limiting the global supply of fossil fuels in the name of fighting climate change. Yet his Administration is now imploring the OPEC oil cartel to pump more oil so...

I had a conference call on Sunday night with two guys back in the US. Both are young conservative Christian friends who worked for the same major American media company.

Dear Chuck, I’m getting concerned about rising prices and the possibility of high inflation. What can I do to keep up with these increased costs for gas, groceries, home improvement materials, etc?

If a government stops enforcing the law, private businesses will not — and cannot — step in to fill the void. San Francisco is refusing to stop shoplifters, and it’s driving businesses, such as Walgreens, out of the Bay Area.

By: Hannah Sampson – washingtonpost.com – June 11, 2021 The headlines had barely faded after a Southwest passenger reportedly knocked out a flight attendant’s teeth during an in-flight altercation when the next high-profile example of bad airline behavior emerged. A man was arrested last week after allegedly banging on a Delta cockpit door, demanding the plane land and tussling with a flight attendant. Less than two...