Recent Viewpoints

Kerby Anderson While there is a pause in tariffs (at least for most countries), I thought it might be worth putting some facts on the table. Different groups may disagree about the value and impact of tariffs, but at least we might agree about some basic facts. First, let’s look at our domestic market. Americans only make up about 4 percent of the world’s population. That means that 96 percent of our potential customers live outside of the U.S. Notice…

Penna Dexter The U.S., like most first world countries, needs more babies. Wife, mom, and writer, Peachy Keenan (not her real name) addresses the population crisis in her book, Domestic Extremist: A Practical Guide to Winning the Culture War. She told her audience at the 2025 Natalism Conference that the best and easiest way to raise birthrates is to “make motherhood great again.” But first, we must make marriage great again. Peachy says it’s best for babies if they are…

Kerby Anderson Joy Pullman is the executive editor of The Federalist. In a recent speech, she reminded her audience that even though economic issues are important, we should not neglect the social and cultural issues of our nation. She admitted, “I love low taxes and regulation as much as the next Milton Friedman fan, but I also know a great culture and nation is not built or sustained simply on low marginal tax rates.” We need to also focus on…

Kerby Anderson Several people have told me that they think President Trump is moving too fast. My answer is simple: “it’s a feature, not a bug.” To understand this, you need to look at history. In a previous commentary, I talked about the plan by leftists to engage in “the long march through institutions” and quoted Rich Lowry’s commentary about “Trump’s Countermarch Through Institutions.” Victor Davis Hanson describes a parallel perspective with his “Reflection on the Counter-Revolution in America.” He…

Kerby Anderson “Target is the latest in a string of retail giants who have taken a stance against the wildly unpopular diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs.” That is how Steve Forbes begins his commentary on DEI in the business world. He adds that the recent move comes in the wake of similar actions by Walmart, Amazon, Meta, and Tractor Supply Company. As I mentioned in my commentary last week, the decision by large companies like Walmart to move away…

Kerby Anderson Today is Tax Day. But I would suggest that a more important date is Tax Freedom Day. That is the date when your tax burden is lifted. It is calculated by dividing the official government tally of all taxes collected in each year by the amount of all income earned in each year. Put another way, it is when you are no longer working for the government but are now working for yourself and your family. This year…

Kerby Anderson Tomorrow is Tax Day, and I would like to focus some needed attention on the significant cost of tax compliance. But before I get to those facts and figures, let’s start with some first principles. Many people refer to April 15 as “the day we pay our taxes.” But most of our taxes were already withheld from paychecks. Tax Day is when we file the more than 280 million tax returns to see if we get any money…

Penna Dexter President Trump recently told reporters he would ”be honored” to defund National Public Radio and the Public Broadcasting Service. He said they are “a waste of money.” But it’s worse than that. Both PBS and NPR have long exhibited a decidedly liberal political bias and, more recently, have advanced far-left positions on issues like gender ideology. Currently, PBS and NPR receive approximately $500,000,000 per year in federal funding through the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. The Corporation for Public…

Kerby Anderson Corporate wokeness may be fading, and one illustration of that can be found in the change in corporate policies at one of the largest corporations in the world. Lathan Watts (Vice President of Alliance Defending Freedom) was on my radio program to talk about his article, “Will Walmart Be a Leader in Abandoning Corporate Wokeness?” Recently, Robby Starbuck and the rollback DEI campaign announced that Walmart distanced itself from its diversity, equity, and inclusion policies. Lathan Watts reported…

Kerby Anderson Pundits and political consultants warn that the Democratic party needs to reevaluate some of its policy positions. The editors at The New York Times argue “that the party moved too far left on social issues after Barack Obama left office in 2017.” They explain that the party not only lost the presidency, but also the Senate, the House of Representatives, and most governor’s races. Will Democratic candidates moderate their position on a topic like transgenderism? In a recent…

Kerby Anderson Last week the president launched tariffs and a trade war. Nearly everyone has an opinion about tariffs, but it is worth looking back at an article written in 1985. Why should we consult an essay that is 40 years old? We should pay attention to it because it’s talking about something that happened nearly a century ago. Ed Yardeni provided a reprint of his article, “The Protectionist Road to Depression.” He believes “the single more catastrophic cause of…