Recent Viewpoints

Kerby Anderson This month of August is the 53rd anniversary of our government going off the gold standard. Saifedean Ammous wrote his book The Fiat Standard to explain the impact that political and economic decision has had on our lives. His earlier book, The Bitcoin Standard, was a bestselling book that has been translated into more than two dozen languages. He argues that by first understanding the operation of bitcoin, someone can then better understand the equivalent operations in fiat….

Kerby Anderson Yesterday, I talked about why price controls are a bad idea, and I thought I might continue by looking at two policies being proposed to attract young voters: student loan debt and housing prices. Let’s start with a simple statement about supply and demand. If you want to lower prices, you need to increase supply and/or decrease demand. Unfortunately, colleges aren’t governed by a free market of supply and demand. That is why the cost of tuition has…

Kerby Anderson You only get one chance to make a good first impression. Americans were trying to get a first impression of Kamala Harris before the Democratic National Convention. Yes, they knew something about her as vice-president, but now she was running for president. Her first decision about personnel for her future administration was to pick Governor Tim Walz as her vice-presidential running mate. He was one of the most liberal governors or senators she could have picked. Her first…

Penna Dexter School choice is a 2024 election issue and we need to hear more about it from candidates seeking public office. Gaining educational freedom is an important goal for families who live in neighborhoods with sub-par public schools. This is why black voters, more than any other race, support school choice. In a Wall Street Journal op-ed, Joshua Robertson, senior pastor of the Rock Church in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, encourages the presidential candidates in both major political parties to “listen…

Kerby Anderson At a conference last month, two presidential candidates talked about establishing a strategic reserve for America’s finances. Both Donald Trump and Robert Kennedy, Jr. spoke to a bitcoin conference and called for the establishment of a “Bitcoin Strategic Reserve.” In addition, Senator Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) explained her Bitcoin Reserve legislation to the audience that also included other members of Congress and CEOs of companies and billionaire investors. Not so long ago, conversations about bitcoin were taking place in…

Kerby Anderson Revenge porn and the publishing of deep fake abuse are a growing problem on social media. That is why US senators from both parties have sponsored a bill known as the Take It Down Act. It would criminalize the publication of non-consensual intimate image abuse and require social media platforms to remove such items immediately. On my radio program, we have been encouraging listeners to contact their two senators about the legislation. Recently, I had the bill’s author,…

Kerby Anderson A few weeks ago, Donald Trump argued that we are closer to World War III than we have been in decades. Is that merely campaign hyperbole or an honest assessment of reality? Global conflicts seem inevitable no matter who is elected president. The Commission on the National Defense Strategy just issued a 114-page report. The commission was created by Congress in 2022 and began its deliberations in April 2023. It is co-chaired by former Democrat congresswoman Jane Harmon,…

Kerby Anderson Three months ago, I wrote about the disconnect between the mainstream media and American citizens concerning crime statistics. The media says that crime is decreasing. According to the latest Gallup survey on the subject, nearly all (92%) Republicans and a majority (58%) of Democrats thought crime was increasing. The disconnect now seems to be between members of the Biden administration and the public. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg went on television to argue: “If you look this up at…

Kerby Anderson This week is the Democratic Convention, and more Americans will be paying attention to the upcoming elections. The Olympics are over, and that means that many will be tuning in to learn more about the candidates. So far, the press hasn’t been asking many questions of substance or even been allowed to ask many questions. Here are three principles for you that all start with the letter P. The first P is personality. In an ideal world, we…

Penna Dexter Last year, to coincide with Labor Day, Senator Marco Rubio’s office issued a report entitled, “The State of the Working (and Non-Working) Man.” Labor Day 2024 comes amidst presidential campaigns in which the American working class is a key constituency. Senator Rubio’s report lays some groundwork by stating that “prime age men who are not in the labor force report feeling sad and purposeless at much higher rates than men with jobs.” These men spend more time alone…

Kerby Anderson Professor Paul Kengor argues that “You Can Never Have Enough Kids.” He was on my radio program last week to talk about his article. He confronts what he calls the mindless cliché of our culture: Wait until you have enough money to have kids. He hears it regurgitated by young couples all the time. He then takes the time to calmly ask them a few questions. “How many kids did your grandparents have? How about your great-grandparents when…