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...

By: Jeb Hensarling – wsj.com – December 17, 2024 How to avert disaster? First, do no harm. Then take a serious look at costly tax expenditures. Republicans’ election celebrations will have to give way next year to dealing with what Washington calls the “fiscal cliff.” Key provisions of the historic 2017 Trump-Pence Tax Cuts and Jobs Act will expire then...

Since the most popular reaction to the cold-blooded murder of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson has been to hail the shooter as a hero, I gather that Americans really hate health insurance companies.

Government excels at NOT getting things done. But politicians promise more things anyway.

By: The Editorial Board – wsj.com – November 29, 2024 They kick in 40.4% of income taxes, nearly double their income share. These figures are from the Tax Foundation’s analysis of the IRS data, which is worth a read. But allow us to highlight a few points, starting with why this matters for the political debate. The GOP’s 2017 law...

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.

By: Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy – wsj.com – November 20, 2024 Following the Supreme Court’s guidance, we’ll reverse a decadeslong executive power grab. Our nation was founded on the basic idea that the people we elect run the government. That isn’t how America functions today. Most legal edicts aren’t laws enacted by Congress but “rules and regulations” promulgated by unelected...

CCU President Eric Hogue shares his CEO mindset and bold strategies for navigating the complexities of higher ed leadership of sustainability, fundraising, and mission-driven leadership.

By: Dominic Pino – nationalreview.com – September 19, 2024 Both presidential candidates — and their voters — need to face fiscal reality. Next year is going to be a mess for U.S. fiscal policy. The individual provisions of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA), the 2017 GOP tax cuts, expire. The suspension of income limits for Obamacare subsidies will end. The...