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May 7, 2026
Lately everyone – including voters on the left and right – hates data centers. The consensus seems to be “not in my backyard.” We even hear people say...
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May 7, 2026
The devastating fire that leveled the Pacific Palisades area of Los Angeles was started by an alleged arsonist who was inspired by the murder of UnitedHealth CEO Brian Thompson to...
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May 1, 2026
In partnership with the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the National Center for Energy Analytics.
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Apr 30, 2026
Via Kite & Key Media -- When it comes to completing massive engineering projects, China looks like a country that knows how to build things — while America seems like a country...
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Apr 28, 2026
Gas prices now sit at very close to $4 a gallon nationwide and voters aren’t happy. The situation reminds us of the old David Letterman line that “gas prices are so high...
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Apr 27, 2026
The philosopher Eric Hoffer famously said: “Every great cause begins as a movement, becomes a business, and eventually degenerates into a racket.”
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Apr 24, 2026
We couldn’t help noticing that it was the suburbs of Washington that provided the votes to pass the horrific new redistricting map in the Commonwealth of Virginia.
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Apr 22, 2026
A comprehensive resource that ranks the economic competitiveness of states using fifteen equally weighted policy variables
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Apr 22, 2026
Following Tax Day, Open the Books is releasing a set of deep dives into data released by the Internal Revenue Service, synthesized with additional public datasets.
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Apr 22, 2026
Unleash Prosperity is a non-profit, so this is an admission against our own interests, but non-profit tax status is one of the largest and most destructive distortions still in the...
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Apr 20, 2026
If you’re a regular reader, you know how important fiduciary responsibility and the fight against political, ESG-investing is to investors and Unleash Prosperity.
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Apr 16, 2026
The year is 2020. A college student uses Zoom to plan a peaceful vigil with friends.
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Apr 15, 2026
Finally, the federal government is shrinking.
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Apr 12, 2026
We mentioned that eight blue states already have or are considering raising income or wealth taxes. HOTLINE readers asked us which ones. Here’s a list:
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Apr 10, 2026
CENTCOM chief says U.S.-Israel operation dismantled the Islamic Republic’s military power in 38 days.
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Apr 10, 2026
The Virginia public school district that allowed a 19-year-old illegal immigrant to enroll in high school and sexually assault multiple girls is now paying a global law firm to...
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Mar 13, 2026
Defense officials typically enter the end of each fiscal year with at least one goal in mind: spend the rest of the military’s budget by any means necessary.
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Mar 13, 2026
OPEN TO DEBATE: AI systems are now writing code, diagnosing diseases, designing buildings, and even generating art. Tools like ChatGPT, Claude, Google DeepMind, and autonomous robots...
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Feb 28, 2026
The Senate is reacting to the attack on Iran by the U.S. and Israel, with Sen. John Fetterman leading the way in praising the action.
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Feb 23, 2026
“The Arsenal of Democracy.”
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Feb 18, 2026
RealClearMedia publisher David DesRosiers spoke Feb. 11 at the third annual Samizdat Prize Gala, where RealClear honored free-speech heroes Alan Dershowitz, Graham Linehan, and...
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Feb 16, 2026
We received two very bullish economic statistics this week. First, in January average wages rose 0.4%. Second, consumer prices rose 0.2%. This means real wages rose in January...
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Feb 10, 2026
Ohio GOP Rep. Troy Balderson, with Jack Fowler on the Victor Davis Hanson podcast, discussed several pieces of legislation that would streamline energy production and regulation.
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Feb 5, 2026
Happiness. We travel all over the world trying to find it.
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Jan 29, 2026
We like the Trump Accounts because they are designed to create a nation of owners and it democratize stock ownership allowing today’s children to accumulate anywhere between...
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Jan 24, 2026
We hate to say we told you so! In yesterday’s HOTLINE, we predicted that House Democrats would rally behind the health insurance lobby that has gotten rich off of...
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Jan 13, 2026
The first rule of economics is: wage and price controls NEVER, NEVER work. Just ask Richard Nixon and Jimmy Carter.
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Jan 12, 2026
Our UP co-founder, Larry Kudlow, has been predicting 5% GDP growth on his Fox Business show, much to the guffawing of the Trump haters.
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Jan 11, 2026
Ken Jennings, the former contestant promoted to host of television’s Jeopardy following the death of Alex Trebek, made the papers on Wednesday after posting this on the...
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Jan 8, 2026
Democrats are calling ICE agent a "criminal".