Markets and Miracles By John Stossel
In this season of giving, I'll donate to the Doe Fund, a charity that helps drug abusers and ex-cons find purpose in life through work.
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December 27, 2023
December 22, 2023
The Politics of Incumbent Rejection By Michael Barone
At a time when voters have rejected the party of the incumbent president in the last two elections, and in which current polling has the incumbent trailing,
both parties seem bent on nominating two men who have served as president and about whom substantial majorities of voters have negative feelings. What gives?
December 19, 2023
The Tyranny of the Phillips Curve By Stephen Moore
Repeat after me, class: Growth does NOT cause inflation. Write it on the blackboard 100 times.
December 15, 2023
The Intellectual Elite's Institutional Rot By Michael Barone
Institutional rot. That's the verdict recorded in recent days on the performance of leading institutions by observers not known for pessimistic temperaments or alarmist analysis.
December 14, 2023
Trumpmentum! By Brian Joondeph
With presidential primary season beginning in just a few weeks, former President Donald Trump has the momentum and is running away from the field of second place contenders.
December 13, 2023
Not-So-Scary Truth About Climate Change By John Stossel
United States Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry says it will take trillions of dollars to "solve" climate change. Then he says, "There is not enough money in any country in the world to actually solve this problem."
December 12, 2023
What Happened to Ron DeSantis? By Daniel McCarthy
Ron DeSantis is running as the true-blue conservative in the race for the Republican presidential nomination.
December 12, 2023
Why Does Washington Want to Destroy America's 'Magnificent 7'? By Stephen Moore
Nothing exemplifies America's tech industry dominance in the global economy more than the meteoric rise of what is now being called the "Magnificent Seven" stocks -- Amazon, Apple, Google, Meta, Microsoft, Nvidia and Tesla. These companies
single-handedly account for nearly all the gains in the stock market this year. They -- which is to say we as American shareholders who own them -- have a net worth of nearly $10 trillion.
December 8, 2023
For True Evil, Look Not to Israel or America but to Communism By Michael Barone
For those dismayed at how many college and university students and faculty, even, or especially, at selective and prestigious institutions, have been cheering Hamas' Oct. 7 atrocities and calling, in only slightly veiled language, for the destruction of
Israel and genocide of Jews, the question is how this vicious line of thought gained hold in American secondary and higher education.
December 7, 2023
Notes on the State of Politics: Dec. 7, 2023 By J. Miles Coleman
KEY POINTS FROM THIS ARTICLE
— The pending resignation of former Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R, CA-20) and Rep. Patrick McHenry’s (R, NC-10) retirement announcement are notable developments, but they do not precipitate rating changes.
— With New York’s George Santos (R, NY-3) expelled from Congress, a special election in his district will be held in February.
— A recent special election in Utah’s 2nd District stood out as something of an exception: a special election where Republicans overperformed.
— Though Georgia Republicans were ordered to draw a new congressional map, the plan that they produced maintains the state’s existing 9-5 Republican split.
December 6, 2023
How Private Is Private? By John Stossel
The Fourth Amendment secures our right to be secure against unreasonable searches, right?
December 5, 2023
Biden Looks Doomed -- But Is He? By Daniel McCarthy
Gavin Newsom is so eager to run for president that he even campaigns to insist he's not running.
December 5, 2023
Green Groups Are No Longer Promoting a Cleaner Environment By Stephen Moore
The late, great humorist P.J. O'Rourke used to quip that everyone wants to save the world, but no one wants to wash the dishes.
December 1, 2023
Orwell and Monroe Got It Right By Michael Barone
George Orwell, call your office. That's my initial and slightly out-of-date response to news stories about the Biden administration's efforts to stamp out "misinformation." It's an interesting irony that covert censorship should be
undertaken enthusiastically by those who call themselves "liberal" or "progressive" and who claim the opposition would threaten the survival of liberal democracy.
November 30, 2023
Putting Biden’s Troubles with Young Voters in Perspective By Kyle Kondik
Youngest voters have been strongly Democratic in recent elections, but the president also has clear weaknesses with that group.
KEY POINTS FROM THIS ARTICLE
— Recent 2024 presidential polling has shown President Biden performing poorly with young voters.
— The 18-29 voting bloc has been reliably Democratic leaning for at least the last several presidential elections.
— Biden’s weakness with young voters is not new, despite doing well among the group in the 2020 general election.
November 29, 2023
Smearing Capitalism By John Stossel
You must be lonely. The media say loneliness is everywhere in America.
November 28, 2023
A Test for Trump and His Rivals By Daniel McCarthy
A little more than six weeks before the Iowa caucuses, the race for the Republican presidential nomination looks like it's over before it's begun.
November 28, 2023
Dems Have Now Officially Rejected President John F. Kennedy's Legacy By Stephen Moore
There's a political cartoon going around that shows John F. Kennedy and Robert F. Kennedy sitting on a couch watching a speech by Robert F. Kennedy Jr. The two hold their palms to their heads and moan that their legacy is being twisted and ruined.
