The problem with banning the penny in isolation is that it would increase demand for nickels, which cost 13.78 cents to produce. Source: Abolish the Nickel, Too | National Review

Few things symbolize our national dysfunction as much as this accursed coin, which we mint by the millions because it’s too worthless to spend.

Once again, the party shows it has learned nothing from November 5.

By: Gerard Baker – wsj.com – February 10, 2025 Whose idea was it to have Chuck Schumer lead a protest outside the Treasury? You couldn’t invent a scene that better explains our current politics than the one last week outside the Treasury in Washington. Some genius in the Democratic Party evidently thought it a good idea to put some of...

Hysteria has erupted here and abroad over President Donald Trump’s threats to level trade tariffs against particular countries. Both American and foreign critics blasted them variously as either counterproductive and suicidal or unfair, imperialistic, and xenophobic. Certainly, tariffs are widely hated by doctrinaire economists. They complain that tariffs burden consumers with higher prices to protect weak domestic industries that, shielded...

By: Joni Ernst – wsj.com – February 9, 2025 It dodges congressional questions about money that went to sex traffickers and the Wuhan virus lab. In moments of crisis, America can be counted on for leadership. Our nation’s compassionate giving has saved millions of lives around the world that were at risk from starvation or disease. All Americans should be...

The Department of Government Efficiency has started making moves. The D.C. media are furious about his attempts to cut government agencies. But I take Elon Musk’s side…

The Congressional Budget Office projects the federal deficit will continue to rise, reaching $2.7 trillion by 2035, due to legislation passed by Joe Biden and Democrats. The new para-government age…

President Trump’s obsession with the U.S. trade deficit is misplaced, as trade balances don’t matter and tariffs are a tax increase on U.S. businesses, which could lead to higher prices…

President Donald Trump has agreed to delay the imposition of sweeping tariffs on neighboring Mexico and Canada by one month after Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau promised to send troops to protect their borders with the United States.