liberty
Tariffs blunt positive impacts of tax cuts
Phil Gramm and Michael Solon examine the interplay between tariffs and tax cuts. Republicans are counting on voters being pleasantly surprised by larger-than-expected tax refunds this spring thanks to new tax cuts from the…
Exposing flaws in ‘climate economics’
Roger Pielke writes about the faulty research behind climate alarmism. The scientific journal Nature in December retracted one of the most influential climate economics papers of the past decade. The paper, by Maximilian…
Mental health campaigns can cause more harm than good
Monty Donohew writes for the American Thinker about disturbing mental health news. For decades, the mental health industry and its allies in media, government, and education have operated on a simple assumption: the more…
Pondering when speech becomes dangerous
Ben Shapiro writes for PJMedia.com about the acceptable bounds of speech. Americans love arguing about free speech. We invoke the First Amendment as a kind of political force field: You can say whatever you want, whenever you…
SCOTUS boosts good week for rule of law with redistricting ruling
M.D. Kittle writes for the Federalist about the significance of the US Supreme Court’s high-profile redistricting decision this week. It’s been a long week for the gerrymandering Democrats. … … he most impactful decision…
Mamdani unveils door-knocking campaign for rent freeze
Ira Stoll writes for the Washington Free Beacon about the New York City mayor’s latest bad idea. The mayor of New York, Zohran Mamdani, who got elected in part by mobilizing a campaign army of volunteer door-knockers, now…
Latest SCOTUS redistricting ruling described as ‘righteous blow’
Editors at National Review Online assess the US Supreme Court’s latest redistricting decision. The era of racial gerrymandering to segregate black voters in their own districts has been a long, ugly chapter in American life…
National Review wants to ’86’ Comey indictment
Editors at National Review Online pan the recent criminal indictment of a former FBI director. Seashells? Really? Embarrassingly, the Department of Justice indicted James Comey for a stupid social media post with shells in…
NYC mayor busts city’s bank, seeks bailout
Ben Smith writes for RedState.com about the New York City mayor’s latest failure. New York City’s self-described democratic socialist mayor, Zohran Mamdani, has made history, just not the kind worth bragging about. Barely…
Group targets bureaucratic bloat in red-state governments
Shawn Fleetwood writes for the Federalist about efforts to root out bureaucratic waste in governments run by conservative elected officials. The general political consensus is that, because a state is run by Republicans, it’s…
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