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Official stats understate America’s fiscal imbalance
Mark Warshawsky highlights bad news for America’s long-term fiscal picture. Last week, the Treasury Department released, with no fanfare and little attention, the 2025 Financial Report (FR) of the US Government. Using an…
Assessing AI’s impact on productivity growth
Michael Strain explores one of the most important impacts of artificial intelligence. Since OpenAI’s ChatGPT burst onto the scene in late 2022, economists and commentators have been discussing generative AI’s possible effects…
America dealing with depleted weapons stocks
John Ferrari and Dillon Prochnicki assess a key challenge for the American military. The war with Iran is no longer hypothetical. American forces are engaged. Missiles are being launched. Interceptors are being expended.…
National attention for NC voter ID ruling
Matt Margolis writes for PJMedia.com about the significance of last week’s ruling upholding North Carolina’s voter ID law. Seven years. That’s how long Republicans in North Carolina waited for a federal court to do the right…
Young men adrift: looking beneath the surface
A new survey from the Institute for Family Studies asks why so many young men are adrift, disconnected and disengaged from today’s world. The study, conducted by YouGov between April 7 and 15, 2025, surveys a representative…
Americans not sold on tariffs to boost economy
Terry Jones of Issues and Insights highlights interesting new polling information involving American attitudes about tariffs. President Donald Trump’s tariffs on imported goods suffered a Supreme Court legal rebuke in late…
Challenging government ideas for helping housing prices
Helen Raleigh writes for the Federalist about a poor approach to rising housing prices. The U.S. Senate has passed a bipartisan bill, titled “The 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act,” aiming to make housing more affordable.…
So much for Spanberger’s promise to be moderate
Alana Goodman writes for the Washington Free Beacon about the disconnect between the new Virginia governor’s campaign promises and her actions in office. When Gov. Abigail Spanberger (D., Va.) ran for office last year, she…
American socialists fall for propaganda in Havana
Editors at National Review Online ponder a particularly clueless element of the American political left. If there is one thing communist regimes have excelled at over the years, it is creating showcases to gull sympathetic…
Iran’s actions hurt the world’s poor
Jim Geraghty of National Review Online explores the impact of Iran’s recent military actions. whole bunch of people around the world are going to starve to death because of the Iranian stranglehold on the Strait of Hormuz.…
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