Politics

Will the ‘Restrainers’ in the Pentagon Throw Taiwan to the Wolves?
The Pentagon is filling up fast with skeptics of American hegemony. Source link
There Is Still No Union Resurgence
Despite another year of wall-to-wall positive media coverage for organized labor, the union membership rate ticked down in 2024. Source link
The Federal Reserve’s New Debit Card Rule Threatens Consumers and Banks
Banks will find other ways to make up for lost revenue. Source link
Don’t Substitute Tariffs for Income Taxes: You’ll Get Both
Replacing income taxes with tariffs would not work and would likely result in a higher tax burden for Americans. Source link
Trump’s Power Play
In his second term, he seems determined to use every lever at his disposal to advance his agenda. Source link
Trump Is Right to Curb Abuse of the FACE Act
The administration’s early moves against prosecutorial overkill for abortion-clinic protesters deserve to be cheered. Source link
Abolish the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
The CFPB deserves to be terminated for its blunders, and the sake of sensible economic regulation and the American constitutional order. Source link
The Internal Combustion of the Case for Biden’s EV Mandate
And that’s what it is, by the way — a mandate. Source link
The Pope Should Pontificate About Something Else
He knows nothing about U.S. immigration policy. Source link
Forgetting Paris
President Trump was right to pull the U.S. out of the rotten climate change agreement. Source link
School Choice in Ohio Defies Critics’ Cheap Caricature
A recent hit piece on educational-freedom efforts in the state willfully misrepresents the immense benefits Ohioans are seeing. Source link
Gone, the Assads
On the rise and fall of Syria’s dictatorial dynasty. Source link