Archive for April 2022
Going Small
Why does Joe Biden keep dithering on student debt cancellation?
Read MoreWeakening China Tariffs Will Not Relieve Inflation
Some in the administration are again pushing for tariff cuts. Their approach is bad economics and worse politics.
Read MoreDeSantis and Disney: A Plague on Both Their Houses
It’s unconscionable and probably unconstitutional to punish the Walt Disney Company for opposing Florida’s anti-LGBTQ legislation. But Disney’s private-government deal is its own scandal.
Read MoreWho Was That Masked Man?
It makes good sense to retain the mask mandate, but keeping it is difficult politics.
Read MoreThe Political Case for Student Debt Cancellation
Tens of millions of young Americans of moderate income are crushed by debt. Joe Biden could be their hero.
Read MoreSend Zelensky What He Needs
Otherwise, this is a slow-motion humanitarian catastrophe and a Putin victory.
Read MoreHillbilly Eulogy
Will Trump’s endorsement of J.D. Vance help Ohio’s hedge-fund hillbilly—or sink him?
Read MoreIn Praise of Earmarks
The reformed process for targeting community projects gets the balance of public spending and public accountability exactly right.
Read MoreAffirming the Prospect
In which our work gets noticed and our impact credited
Read MoreStratospheric Airfares
Rising ticket prices are another facet of inflation that has nothing to do with overheated general demand, and everything to do with industry price-gouging.
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