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Matthew Whitaker is unfit to serve as acting U.S. attorney general. The Appointments Clause of Article II, section 2, clause 2... Read More
While House Democrats are locked in a leadership battle that seems more or less divorced from any actual policy concerns, they also... Read More
The controversial subsidies that New York and Washington offered Amazon to attract its “HQ2” are not some novel approach to... Read More
Until the “gig economy” and artificial intelligence became their primary preoccupations, observers of the 21st-century workplace... Read More
Headlines about LaCroix sparkling waters containing alleged pesticides and carcinogens are raising eyebrows among the company's... Read More
Amazon's decision to open secondary headquarters in New York and near Washington sends a clear message: There is no Bezos ex... Read More
The recent battle between Reps. Kevin McCarthy (Calif.) and Jim Jordan (Ohio) for House minority leader had all the low-stakes drama of two... Read More
When Republicans passed the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, they knew it was projected to add $1.5 trillion to budget deficits over the next 10 years.... Read More
If you think America's fiscal mess—a deficit in excess of $1 trillion every year for as far ahead as the budgeteer's eye can... Read More
Even though President Trump, over 50 celebrities and possibly up to 75% of the country support an overhaul of the nation's prisons, the most... Read More
Crime imposes substantial fiscal and social costs on the United States. In 2016, more than 1.4 percent of our Nation's GDP was... Read More
Michael Bloomberg, the billionaire philanthropist, announced a double-take-causing donation to Johns Hopkins University on Sunday. The former... Read More
Today, the global and open model for the internet is under pressure, and we risk drifting towards an internet that we do not want. Amidst a... Read More
In early 2018 Congress created a bipartisan, bicameral Select Committee to design a package of budget process changes to improve the... Read More
A fair shot means that you should get a level playing field, no matter your skin color, your zip code, who your parents are, where you went... Read More
Annual budget deficits are projected to soon surpass $1 trillion, on their way to $2 trillion or even $3 trillion in 10 to 15 years. Social... Read More
Supporters of open immigration policy—and immigrants themselves—often have a rosy view of what awaits them in the United States.... Read More
Jamie Weinstein, host of The Jamie Weinstein Show at National Review, joins Ben Domenech in studio for a conversation on media... Read More
Jared Bernstein unpacks the new Census data on poverty, income, and health insurance; Liz Weintraub on how Kavanaugh's confirmation would set... Read More
Today on the Daily Standard Podcast, deputy managing editor Kelly Jane Torrance and frequent contributor Dominic Green join host Charlie... Read More
Being pro-environment was a winning strategy for this country's mayors.Twelve mayors in America's 100 largest cities faced... Read More
This year's election that most implicates fundamental issues of American governance will not fill a legislative or executive office. And its... Read More
Opaline Bar and Brasserie at Washington D.C.'s Sofitel Hotel was too crowded, so I'd gone out to find another breakfast spot. I wasn't... Read More
In nearly every state, the legislature is nervous about the public universities it finances. And fair enough. Apart from sports, the state... Read More
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In ancient Egypt there lived a wise king named Thamus. One day he was visited by a clever god called Theuth.Theuth was an inventor of many... Read More
Newly empowered House Democrats are vowing an all-out fight to salvage the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau in the face of the Trump... Read More
The Department of Education has issued its long-awaited proposed regulations reforming sexual-assault adjudications on college... Read More
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he United States is embarked on an experiment with protectionism in trade policy that represents a significant change from a policy approach... Read More
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