On top of a mountain in Yosemite in September last year, with the nation’s fiscal troubles and the size of the federal government about as far from my thoughts as…
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In a stunning development, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz dropped out of the 2026 gubernatorial race after his state was exposed for massive fraud in taxpayer-funded childcare programs. The Trump administration…
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The White House announced last week that it is “taking steps” to ban large institutional investors from buying single-family homes. It’s unclear whether the President has legal authority to do…
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Note: The December 2025 readings for both the Consumer Price Index and the Everyday Price Index should be viewed as provisional rather than definitive. A temporary government funding lapse interrupted…
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The latest clash between President Trump, Federal Reserve Chair Powell, and the Department of Justice has been widely portrayed as a constitutional crisis for central bank independence. The DOJ is…
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With its recent announcement of a trade deal with China, the White House intended to reassure markets, manufacturers, and the military that China would not sever the supply lines of…
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One year ago, Donald Trump took office, swearing an oath to “preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States.” Americans were promised a new golden age, one in…
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At the Bitcoin conference in Nashville in July of 2024, then-candidate Donald Trump made a campaign promise to end the war against the use and development of cryptocurrencies. This war…
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I don’t much care for the pledge of allegiance. This got me into a bit of hot water when I was the convocation speaker at Hillsdale College, standing on the…
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In early 2021, a declining video game retailer unexpectedly became the epicenter of one of the most extraordinary episodes in modern financial history. GameStop saw its stock price surge from…