Among the top priorities for newly selected House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-L A ) was his announced intention to form a bipartisan panel to cut massive spending that has led to an unsustainable $33 trillion national debt.

By: John Greenwood and Steve H. Hanke – wsj.com – October 22, 2023 Early in the pandemic, the volume of U.S. dollars in circulation soared. For two years starting in March 2020, the M2 money supply—a measure of the cash and checkable deposits in circulation plus savings deposits and other easily convertible assets—grew at an unprecedented annualized rate of 16.5%. That...

By: Zach Kessel – nationalreview.com – October 19, 2023 As university administrators equivocate and radical student-groups issue statements blaming Israel for the heinous Hamas terrorist attack of October 7, major donors are pulling their money from elite schools. But those with inside knowledge of the workings of university leadership are split on whether the donors’ moves have the potential to...

In response to California Governor Gavin Newsom’s appointment of pro-abortion activist Laphonza Butler to replace late U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein, SBA Pro-Life America President Marjorie Dannenfelser issued the following reaction: “The abortion lobby spends millions to elect Democrats who back its agenda of abortion on […]

By: Bjorn Lomborg – wsj.com – October 6, 2023 Well-off nations seem to have forgotten that while they’re no longer plagued by poverty-related ills such as hunger and illiteracy, most people in the world still are. Increasingly, the Biden administration and leaders of other high-income countries are putting climate policy ahead of these core development issues. When the World Bank...

By: Rick Scott – wsj.com – Otober 4, 2023 Democrats in Washington love the leadership fight in the House right now. It’s pushing Congress toward enacting another massive omnibus spending bill and threatening to squander the victory Republicans obtained last week when, for a change, they acted in a manner consistent with how they campaign. The normal game plan for...

Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley got to the heart of the government shutdown fireworks in her appearance on Fox News Sunday. “Let’s be clear what the Freedom Caucus is really trying to do; they are trying to cut spending.” Source: Kevin McCarthy Is Not the Problem

By: Andy Kessler – wsj.com – October 1, 2023 I first got to know author Michael Lewis, then of “Liar’s Poker” fame, when in the mid-1990s I took him around Silicon Valley in an old beat-up convertible. I told stories and showed him where the first integrated circuit and microprocessor were invented, plus Xerox Parc and its beanbag chairs, Hewlett...

Union’s selective work stoppages are gradually choking the carmakers’ operations. Are pickup trucks next?

Former President Trump’s call for Congress to defund the Department of Justice and the FBI in response to growing legal pressure creates a new headache for Republican leaders on Capitol Hill and may undercut their message that Republicans are tough on crime.