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.

By: The Editorial Board – wsj.com – February 10, 2025 Texas, Tennessee and other GOP-led states join the movement for more education freedom. The number of private school choice programs in the country grew to 81 from 65 from 2020-2024, according to the education nonprofit EdChoice. But only 33 states have choice programs, which means there are many more children...

For those keeping score, it’s Trump 1, Marcuse 0. The Right just experienced its best three weeks in the culture war in 50 years. A blitz of executive orders issued by President Donald Trump have taken dead aim at left-wing cultural priorities and pillars of the Left’s cultural influence.

It’s a bit early for spring cleaning but that’s what President Trump and his faithful companion Elon Musk appear to be doing.

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...

For those not blinded by partisan politics, there is an obvious difference between Biden’s preemptive pardons and these Trump pardons.

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...