The Hill
Make some medications more affordable by cutting one piece of red tape
One piece of red tape is keeping the prices of critical medications too high. These medicines treat autoimmune diseases, diabetes, cancer, and certain other…
The Daily Economy
Liberty Is the Common Good of a Free People
These days, it is commonplace for conservatives to say that government must serve the common good. That assertion is usually couched as a criticism…
Daily Wire
Why Washington Is About To Repeat Its Worst Regulatory Mistake
Wall Street Journal
War-Caused Oil Price Spikes Don’t Help the U.S. Economy
National Review
America’s Misplaced Income Priorities
The national inequality debate is asking the wrong questions. Pundits are cheering a recent Congressional Budget Office (CBO) report showing a…
Civitas Outlook
What Fusion will we build?
Over the past decade, right-wing political rhetoric has begun to tilt away from the traditional equilibrium of small government, economic freedom, and personal virtue…
National Review
The Affordability Crisis Hits Air-Conditioning
Do you think groceries, gasoline, medications, utility bills, and other necessities are too expensive? Consider yourself very lucky if you don’t have to buy…
National Review
A Series of Unforced Errors: The Next Municipal Budget Crises
National Review
From Munitions Shortage to Ebola, Dodd–Frank Minerals Measure Makes Things Worse
A scan of news headlines warns readers of two seemingly unrelated dangers around the globe. One is a potential shortage of missiles, interceptors, and…
The Wall Street Journal
Don’t Expand Payroll Taxes for Social Security
In his column “Republicans’ Pre-Emptive Social Security Surrender” (Political Economics, Sept. 18), Joseph C. Sternberg makes a persuasive argument against expanding…
New America
The ROAD to Housing: Easing the Housing Supply
The biggest housing bill in decades was passed into law in July. The 21st Century Road to Housing Act is a bipartisan, omnibus legislation…
National Review
Prescription Drugs Save Lives at a (Mostly) Reasonable Cost
Prescription drugs are an extraordinary lifesaving and life-enhancing technology, so integrated into our daily lives that, nowadays, we perhaps take them for granted. Headlines and…
Daily Wire
Trump’s $5,000 Down Payment On The Entitlement State
Donald Trump’s $5,000 “dividend” proposal to every U.S. adult should be taken seriously, not because the arithmetic has been worked out, since there isn’t…
Op-Eds
The Self-Harming Logic Of The U.S.-Canada Trade War
Politics is almost never about the merits. This is one of the toughest lessons to learn in Washington. Some people never learn it, especially…
Washington Examiner
It took 410 days to build the Empire State Building. Today, the EPA wouldn’t even pass the blueprint
When Congress gets back from its August recess, bipartisan permitting reform talks are expected to continue. There’s no reason…
DC Journal
This Labor Day, Respect the Right to Join (or Not) a Union
Labor Day was created to celebrate all the Americans who work to support their families. The least the government can do in return is…
The Center Square
Don’t panic – Labor Day will still be around in the future
This Labor Day, instead of celebrating work, many Americans may be worrying about how much longer they will even have jobs in the age…
The Daily Economy
America Can’t Revive Manufacturing by Shunning Robots
A few months ago, I was privileged to tour the Michigan steel mill where my daughter works. A month or so later, I toured…
National Review
Endangered Species Act reform restores property rights and common sense species conservation
For decades, the federal government’s misinterpretation of a single word (“harm”) in the Endangered Species Act (ESA) has had severe effects on…
Op-Eds
The Democracy They Warned Us About
The Democratic Socialists of America, an insurgency within the Democratic Party, is having a moment, and it is showing us something worth noticing: This…
National Review
Won’t Anyone Think of the Parents?
In an effort to address a perceived youth mental health crisis, online kids’ safety regulation is on the march in Congress and around the globe.
Daily Wire
The EPA Needs a Power Check
Not long ago, if people predicted the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) would issue rules to help kill off gas-powered cars or reliable electricity sources…
Providence
Two Revolutions, Two Constitutions: Constitutionalism in Britain and its Dominions After the American Revolution
A few years ago I attended a convivial lunch with the distinguished British historian David Starkey at the Cato Institute. Prof. Starkey managed to…
The Daily Economy
Rereading the Declaration in an Age of Polarization
Issues & Insights
American Prosperity At 250
Americans are poised to celebrate 250 years of independence on July 4, but they seem to be pessimistic about the nation. When asked to…
Daily Wire
Slaughter Gets Separation
On Monday, the Supreme Court hewed closely to the Constitution’s important organizing principle in a 6-3 ruling in Trump v. Slaughter. The separation of powers…
National Review
SEC Should Shut Down Big Brother Database for Stock Traders
National Review
The Lessons of Alan Greenspan’s Life
The Daily Economy
America Doesn’t Need a New East India Company
The Daily Economy
America Doesn’t Need a New East India Company
Fortune
A quartz countertop tariff could double your kitchen renovation cost — and kill 13 jobs for every one it creates
Fox News
Either ignore climate change lunacy or high energy prices will make you wish you had
Congressional Republicans spent four years opposing the Biden administration’s energy policies, asserting that they raised prices from the gas pump to our utility bills.
Washington Examiner
The government has no business in AI
People worry about the ways artificial intelligence will change jobs, education, creativity, and daily lives, according to polling. But…
DC Journal
Trump, Vance help rail unions put the brakes on automation
National Review
The Insane Climate Bureaucracy That Never Was
On Friday, Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chairman Paul Atkins made one of the most important announcements in the history of modern financial regulation. His…
The Modesto Bee
Commentary: How AI is already improving lives
National Review
Three Arguments Against Tariffs
President Trump loves tariffs. The Americans paying them don’t. A recent CNN poll found that 65 percent of Americans blame Trump’s tariffs…
National Review
Bank regulators finally back off reputational risk overreach
We are in the middle of a quiet revolution in how banks are regulated in the United States, and you can be forgiven if you…
Washington Post
A simple step by Europe could loosen Iran’s grip on the Strait of Hormuz
John Berlau is director of finance policy at the Competitive Enterprise Institute. As European nations ponder unilateral actions to bring shipping back to…
Chicago Tribune
Steve Swedberg: Springfield’s interchange fee ban takes a costly swipe at Illinois consumers
I have many fond memories of growing up in the Chicago suburbs, including eating out at Lou Malnati’s, visiting Chicago museums on weekends and…
The Daily Economy
From Shakespeare to Smith: Why Credit Exists in Every Western Society
The Mortgage Note
Federal Court Rejects Costly Green Housing Policy
The Biden administration’s obsession with climate change has contributed to the housing affordability challenges Americans face today, and there are many harmful green…
The Daily Economy
The Villainization of Business: Corporate Tyrants and Government Sycophants
Real Clear Energy
Quibbling Over Carbon Metrics: Senator Cramer’s Ill-Advised, Unauthorized Carbon Tax Trojan Horse
The U.S. may stumble into a carbon taxed future due to a provision furtively inserted into the House committee report accompanying the energy and…
Op-Eds
Sunset for Regulations, Sunrise for Opportunity
Affordability is the big concern in households across the country, yet politicians are overlooking one big solution: regulatory reform. Federal regulations drive up the price…
The Daily Signal
A Sneaky Effort to Undermine the Fight Against Carbon Taxes
President Donald Trump has shown bold leadership by rejecting the radical global climate agenda. But now some lawmakers, including a handful of Republicans, have…
Human Progress
Olive Oil Prices Are Falling—So Should Olive Oil Climate Hysteria
Summary: Olive oil prices spiked in 2023 amid heat and drought in Spain, prompting widespread claims that climate change was driving the industry into…
National Review
House Passes Bill Pushing Back on Federal Appliance Meddling
They’re the regulations that literally hit home, and rarely in a good way. The Department of Energy sets energy efficiency standards for…
Issues and Insights
Who’s The Biggest Monopolist Of All? (Hint: It’s Not A Corporation)
Policymakers often argue over whether capitalism works and how aggressively it should be restrained. But they rarely ask the more pertinent question: where, exactly,…
The Daily Economy
‘Violent Saviors’: William Easterly’s Book on Imperialism and Conquest
While framed as a book about economic development theory and the history of colonialism, William Easterly’s latest tome is actually something grander and more…