Against Restoring Earmarks
By Mattie Duppler • National Review There is now discussion of reviving earmarks: the practice, banned in the House of Representatives since 2010, of inserting funding for lawmakers’ pet projects…
Apple Repatriates Overseas Holdings Thanks to Trump Tax Reform
By Tripp Mickle • Wall Street Journal Apple Inc. AAPL 1.65% said it would pay a one-time tax of $38 billion on its overseas cash holdings and ramp up spending…
Why SpaceX Is The Snake Oil Peddler Of The Twenty-First Century
By Beau Rothschild • The Federalist In the nineteenth century, Americans across the country were mesmerized by “miracle elixirs,” better known as medicine shows, which offered “cure-alls” for everything in…
Trump Is Right To Let States Impose Work Requirements for Medicaid
By John Daniel Davidson • The Federalist The Trump administration announced Thursday it will allow states to impose work requirements on abled-bodied adults to qualify for Medicaid. This marks the…
Federal Investigators Couldn’t Illegally Buy Guns Through Legitimate Websites Despite 72 Attempts
By Stephen Gutowski • The Washington Free Beacon Federal agents posing as criminals were unable to purchase any firearms from legitimate online marketplaces despite dozens of attempts over a two-year…
The Postal Service Needs To Overhaul Its Leadership And Get Its Act Together
With tax reform now in the rear view mirror on President Donald Trump’s list of priorities, it is clear now that he has another mishandled federal issue in his sights…
Get Ready for Economic Liftoff
The supposedly smart people said Donald Trump would destroy the U.S. economy if he were elected president. They were wrong. On Thursday, the Dow broke 25,000 for the first time…
Coalition Letter Urging Strong IP Protections for Any Renegotiated NAFTA Deal
December 18th, 2017 The Honorable Robert E. Lighthizer Office of the U.S. Trade Representative Executive Office of the President 600 17th Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20006 Dear Ambassador Lighthizer, “Intellectual…
The Ground Is Shifting Under Obamacare
By Scott Rasmussen • Real Clear Politics President Trump has perfected the art of antagonizing his opponents with provocative tweets. He demonstrated this skill recently in declaring that the tax…
The Trump Effect: Business, Anticipating Less Regulation, Loosens Purse Strings
By Binyamen Appelbaum and Jim Tankersly • New York Times WASHINGTON — A wave of optimism has swept over American business leaders, and it is beginning to translate into the…
The Tax Cut Bill Is Just the Beginning
The Republicans have kicked off the New Year with an earnest effort to sell the American public on the benefits of the tax bill just passed. It’s better than nothing,…
Hungary’s Sick Constitutional Order: The Time of the Political Gangsters
International Anti-Corruption Day is observed annually on December 9, to fight and raise awareness of corruption across the globe. In Hungary, the one party rule between 1948 and 1990, established…
Will Conservatives Fix 1970s Budget Rules Next?
By Michael Barone • National Review The Republicans have passed their tax bill, without a single Democratic vote, despite low to dismal poll ratings. It’s reminiscent of the passage by…
Trump’s Strong Start on Policy
By Ramesh Ponnuru • National Review Gorsuch confirmed, ISIS defeated, taxes cut: The Trump administration has compiled a solid record of accomplishment in its first year, one that compares well…
When Picking Apples on a Farm With 5,000 Rules, Watch Out for the Ladders
By Steve Eder • New York Times ALTAMONT, N.Y. — For eight weeks every fall, Indian Ladder Farms, a fifth generation family operation near Albany, kicks into peak season. The…