By: Brian Riedl – wsj.com – January 22, 2024 America already has the most progressive tax system in the developed world. As budget deficits surge toward the stratosphere, Congress will soon have to get serious about savings proposals. Yet reforming Social Security and Medicare—the leading drivers of long-term deficits—remains a political nonstarter. Neither party is willing to raise middle-class taxes....

By: The Editorial Board – wsj.com – January 19, 2023 After winning the Iowa caucuses Monday, Mr. Trump replayed a golden oldie of a campaign pledge: “We’re also going to pay off the national debt. It’s about time.” He said the same thing in 2016, before he added about $8 trillion to the tab. Roughly half of that was Covid...

US House of Representatives Judiciary subcommittee is seeking to question a former official in the US Treasury’s financial crimes enforcement office over revelations the agency urged financial institutions to flag customer transactions linked to phrases like “MAGA” and “Trump” as well as purchases of religious texts.

Like green shoots poking up through snow in early spring, more signs of resistance are emerging every day. We may be witnessing a massive rejection of the grim future fashioned for us by ruling elites, whose narrative of radical change is collapsing. Americans are not buying what they’re selling.

Sen. John Kennedy is upset because Sen. Rand Paul wants to limit federal flood insurance. But Paul is right. In my new video, Paul says, “(It) shouldn’t be for rich people.”

Conservatives have generally opposed the progressive left’s years-long effort to boycott, divest from, and sanction (BDS) countries and companies the left doesn’t like. Israel is usually at the top of that BDS list. But given the deplorable nonresponse of so many colleges and universities to their students’ support for Hamas, maybe it’s time for a conservative BDS movement: cutting federal funds to...

Politicians are often takers. They take our money (and freedom) in the name of achieving goals they rarely achieve. Elon Musk and Sen. Elizabeth Warren may be the best examples of maker and taker.

By: Abigail Anthony – nationalreview.com – January 2, 2024 Harvard president Claudine Gay announced her resignation on Tuesday, culminating weeks of mounting pressure that began after Gay’s widely criticized appearance before Congress and escalated due to high-profile reports of plagiarism in the embattled academic’s published work. Gay served as the Harvard president for six months and two days, and her...

By: Chris Edwards – nationalreview.com – December 18, 2023 Cutting federal aid to the states would reduce our national debt while improving governance. Federal debt is soaring to dangerous levels. Debt held by the public now tops $26 trillion, or $200,000 for every household in the nation. The debt relative to the size of the economy will soon hit an all-time...

By: Katie Pavlich – townhall.com – December 15, 2023 During remarks at the White House this week, President Joe Biden made one of his most disingenuous claims yet against Republicans.  “Congress needs to pass the supplemental funding for Ukraine before they break for the holiday recess — before they give Putin the greatest Christmas gift they could possibly give him. And...