By: The Editorial Board – wsj.com – March 11, 2024 Most U.S. presidential budgets are exercises in fiscal deception, but even by that standard President Biden’s Monday proposal for fiscal year 2025 sets a record for unreality. It proposes defense spending as if the world is at peace, entitlement spending that isn’t sustainable, and tax increases that would hurt the...

By: Matt Ridley – wsj.com – March 6, 2023 The threat to humans from animal viruses is small. The financial incentive to pretend otherwise is large. That assumption is almost certainly false. A new report from the University of Leeds, prepared in part by former World Health Organization executives, finds that the claims made by the G-20 in support of...

The threat to humans from animal viruses is small. The financial incentive to pretend otherwise is large. Source: Why Scientists Love Chasing Bats – WSJ

Recall that Victor Frankenstein tried to tinker with nature. Let’s just say it didn’t go well, and he regretted it for the rest of his life. Today, a new group of scientists has announced their own plans to tinker with nature.

After getting slapped down by the Supreme Court, Biden keeps taking more steps to buy youth votes. Source: Biden Student Loan Relief: Desperate Politics | National Review

In fact, Americans haven’t spent this much of their money on food since the early 1990s.

By: AG Staff – amgreatness.com – February 18, 2024 Farmers in the Western world are warning that the net-zero movement will drive food prices higher and put smaller farmers out of business. A new report by the Buckeye Institute released earlier this month has concluded that so-called “net-zero climate control” policies will cause the cost of food to skyrocket for...

In previous generations, Americans aspired to achieve a better standard of living than their parents. According to the Merriam-Webster dictionary, the American dream consisted of “good jobs, a nice house, two children, and plenty of money.”

The CBO says the deficit will grow to $1.8 trillion in 2025, return to $1.6 trillion in 2026, and then begin steadily increasing to $2.6 trillion by 2034.

The Federal Reserve recently disclosed its preliminary income and expenses for 2023, revealing an unprecedented $114.3 billion in operational losses.