By: Roger Kimball – thespectator.com – December 19, 2024 It operates by subverting legislative responsibility for the sake of pork, on the one hand, and partisan interdiction, on the other. In the 1870s, Gustave Flaubert assembled Le Dictionnaire des idées reçues, a humorous collection of “received ideas” and clichés then current in French society. A new version needs to be produced...

By: The Editorial Board – wsj.com – December 18, 2024 The end-of-year CR is ugly as usual, but please leave town quickly. In lieu of passing a real budget, the House and Senate have agreed on another continuing resolution, or CR, that will extend through March 14 in the new year. The only virtue here is that the government won’t...

President-elect Trump’s tariffs aim to protect U.S. industries, boost economic growth, and address unfair global trade practices.

The sooner the president-elect can restore the blue-collar boom, the stronger his political position will be.

By: The Editorial Board – wsj.com – November 24, 2024 Democrats still refuse to admit that their policies caused inflation—and cost them the election. Election defeats are never easy to accept, but the Bidenomics rear-guard action now underway among Democratic economists takes the denial stage of grief to a whole new level. The argument is two-fold: What the Biden Administration...

To understand why a wrecking ball is needed, look at the annual budget deficit − $1.8 trillion in FY 2024. Enter Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy.

Bahnsen Group founder David Bahnsen reacts to the October jobs report and shares his take on the U.S. economy on ‘Maria Bartiromo’s Wall Street.’

By: Glenn Hubbard – wsj.com – November 12, 2024 Traditional policies like tax cuts, targeted aid and responsible spending can deliver stronger growth. First, by working with Congress, it should build on the successes of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 to make permanent the expensing of business investment. Second, it should increase support for science and defense...

By: Sarah Arnold – townhall.com – November 10, 2024 President-elect Donald Trump won the 2024 election in a sweeping victory because of the promises he made to fix America that President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris unraveled.  The first thing Americans want Trump to fix is immigration. A post-election survey from Ipsos and Reuters found that 25 percent...

By: The Editorial Board – wsj.com – November 6, 2024 Stocks stage a relief rally as investors foresee fewer taxes and less regulation. Investors seemed to love the election result, as the Dow Jones Industrial Average climbed 3.6% and the Russell 2000 index 5.8%. The latter reflects buoyed confidence for small businesses, which bear the brunt of the Biden Administration’s...