Maria Branyas recently died as the oldest person in the world. Asked the secret to her longevity, she said: “Never, ever, become a bitter... Read More
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Are they really laying the groundwork for more of the “the Russians did it”? About the previous question, “they” is... Read More
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Project 2025’s agenda to put profits ahead of patients would hurt American consumers for decades to come. Read More
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This isn’t a “noteworthy economic shift” — it is a full-blown cultural catastrophe. Read More
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Only one President has taken actual concrete steps to address U.S. industrial weakness vis-a-vis China. Read More
Value investors know that the outperformance of cheap stocks over expensive stocks comes in lumps and is not smooth. Read More
The Dutch government's radical expansion of rent control is displacing tenants and aggravating a preexisting housing shortage. Read More
There's been no impact on countries that have adopted widespread usage of AI. Read More
The Bureau of Labor Statistics announced a major downward revision of its reported payroll job gains, effectively wiping out 28 percent of... Read More
In a recent Manhattan Institute brief, I wrote that newly enacted state housing legislation and New York City’s “City of Yes for Housing... Read More
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This post explains the role of the U.S. dollar in the global economy and the debate over its future. Read More
While Harris and Trump both say they support Social Security and Medicare, they have been short on specifics.... Read More
The ESG (standing for “environmental, social and governance” – no noun included to maximize the duplicity!) movement is both appalling and appallingly powerful. Consider: it could, for a while, force anti-white race and anti-man sex discrimination on Harley-Davidson and Jack Daniels, of all companies. This insanity was powered by the Great Fiduciary Breach Machines... Read More