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Populism is seen as both bad and good because people disagree about what it represents and intends. In the present age, there are two... Read More
Congress is back from spring break and looking at another six-plus months until the midterms. But in terms of pursuing a serious legislative... Read More
A recent headline in the Washington Post announced that “Airbnb for cars is here. And the rental car giants are not happy.” The... Read More
Obamacare has taken a licking but keeps on ticking. The prospect of repeal died on the Senate floor. Republican efforts to roll it back... Read More
On April 2nd, the Department of Education's supplemental priorities and definitions for certain discretionary grant programs—which... Read More
On Day Three of Larry Kudlow's first week at the White House, the president's new economic adviser did exactly what he was hired to do: go on... Read More
The New York Times has yet another editorial this week berating EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt. The paper is on a mission to not only force... Read More
A crucial piece of President Donald Trump's deportation machine is not working the way he wants. He's arresting thousands more undocumented... Read More
What if there were a small business advocacy group that spent its time advocating for policies that hurt small businesses?Such a group... Read More
President Donald Trump on Wednesday morning confirmed the big news from Tuesday night, tweeting, “Mike Pompeo met with Kim Jong Un in... Read More
President Donald Trump signed Proclamation 9718 on March 30 to acknowledge April 2018 as Second Chance Month. Unlike an executive order,... Read More
This week's headlines about climate change should be alarming enough to nudge even the most environmentally-unconscious among us to... Read More
The digital economy is changing work and opportunity in ways not seen since Edison invented the light bulb. And millions of people in America... Read More
The United States has significant fiscal challenges due to population aging. While the finances of all advanced economies are under pressure... Read More
There has been growing speculation that a coming wave of innovation—indeed, a tsunami—powered by artificial intelligence (AI) and... Read More
Occupational licensing—the legal requirement that a credential be obtained in order to practice a profession—is a common labor... Read More
Alvin Felzenberg's new book, “A Man and His Presidents: The Political Odyssey of William F. Buckley Jr.” gives an enlightening... Read More
This past week, former United States Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens boldly called for the repeal of the Second Amendment,... Read More
Fellow Nicol Turner-Lee discusses privacy laws in light of the recent Facebook data breach in which Cambridge Analytica collected information... Read More
Economic inequality is complicated and emotional. Conservatives have one set of solutions. Liberals have another. Some groups don't think... Read More
Another day, another investigation in search of a crime.“Massachusetts's top court on Friday ordered Exxon Mobil, Inc. to... Read More
Driving into Belzoni, Mississippi, it's hard to miss the large orange sign welcoming visitors to the "Catfish Capital of the World."It's also... Read More
Republicans may have handed many Americans a big cut in federal taxes, but their plan is triggering a wave of state income tax increases... Read More
My flight was scheduled to arrive at LAX at 11:30 in the morning. Perfect, I thought. I could get a rental car and be out of Los Angeles... Read More
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As President Trump continues to remake the Republican Party in his image, calls for last rites to be given to American conservatism are not... Read More
When House Speaker Paul Ryan announced that he would step down from his position and not run for reelection, the news didn't come as that... Read More
The announcement by House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) that he will not seek re-election later this year means entitlement reform... Read More
For the last several months, Republicans have been resting on the laurels of positive job growth and low unemployment—proof, they say,... Read More
This spring, in an unexpected turn, teacher strikes have dominated the education landscape. In March, West Virginia teachers seeking a pay... Read More
The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), aka food stamps, keeps food in the pantries of 42 million Americans. But that number... Read More
As we argue over the propriety of Facebook hoovering up personal (but not especially sensitive) information that users voluntarily gave to... Read More
On this Tax Day, let's pause for a moment to appreciate how difficult it is to craft a massive tax cut that the American public doesn't like.... Read More
Donald Trump has upped the ante with Amazon by ordering a review of the U.S. Postal Service's finances. However, as with charges that Amazon... Read More
Facebook is facing a reckoning in the court of public opinion for how the social media giant and its partners handle customer data.In the... Read More
China has drawn first blood in the “trade war” between Washington and Beijing. With surgical precision, Beijing has targeted... Read More
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