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'Trump Is the Picasso of Corruption' Oct. 09, 2026
Trayon White, a member of the city council in the District of Columbia, just walked away from a hung... Read More
Trillionaires Oct. 07, 2026
How much money should any one person have? When Elon Musk became the world's first trillionaire, peo... Read More
A Leaner Federal Workforce Is a Win for Taxpayers Oct. 02, 2026
One of the most unheralded policy successes of President Donald Trump's second term has been the pur... Read More
Economic Populism Is a Dead End for the GOP Sep. 11, 2026
It was probably inevitable that the Right's economic populism would degenerate into promises of more... Read More
Golden Dome Is Worth a Trillion Sep. 09, 2026
Critics of the Trump administration's proposed Golden Dome strategic defense system fall into two ca... Read More
We Spend a Lot More on Welfare Than Bombs. And That's a Problem Sep. 04, 2026
The other day, New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani told Qatari state media that the United States was "spe... Read More
How To Name Your PAC Aug. 08, 2026
Do you want to start a political action committee? Congratulations on taking the exciting first step... Read More
Scott Bessent's Money Ammo Aug. 05, 2026
"Money is ammo." In Baghdad 2004, that military maxim reminded troops on patrol that spending $3 to... Read More
The Case for Capitalism Jul. 29, 2026
I've failed! I make the case for free markets ... young people elect socialists! What are they think... Read More
Americans Are Free to Be Suckers Jul. 21, 2026
Many of today's consumer loans are legal but abusive. Payday lenders and used car sellers often stee... Read More
What the Racetrack Taught Me About Life's Big Bets Jul. 01, 2026
Some of my online biographies note my "checkered" past. I guess that's a reference to the time I spe... Read More
Minimum Wage Fail Jun. 24, 2026
Not long ago, new kinds of jobs appeared: app-based gig work. They include jobs like dog walking on ... Read More
On Oil, China Is Smarter Than We Are Jun. 18, 2026
We can thank China that gasoline prices aren't higher than they are. By last month, China had cut ... Read More
Here to 'Help' Jun. 10, 2026
Politicians promise they'll "help" us. President Donald Trump says he'll "create the jobs and future... Read More
Just How Corrupt Is Trump? Here Are the Numbers May. 22, 2026
This is the Trump era, which means if you blink, you will miss another shattering example of unabash... Read More
Trump's Corruption Could Be His Undoing May. 08, 2026
Did you catch the story about Trump trying to raid the Treasury to the tune of $10 billion? It's the... Read More
The Ballroom Amounts to Taxpayer Abuse Apr. 30, 2026
Some years ago, I was president of an organization called the Association of Opinion Journalists. Ev... Read More
The Triumph of Economic Freedom? Apr. 22, 2026
Prices rise. People blame capitalism. Politicians promise "solutions." President Donald Trump wants ... Read More
Subsidies Keep America on Top Apr. 14, 2026
That $7,500 tax credit to buy an electric vehicle, now gone, was a "grotesque misallocation of feder... Read More
Tax the Rich? Apr. 08, 2026
"Tax the rich!" shout progressives. Why not? America's richest people are ridiculously rich. "Five... Read More
