Liberty
Diversity as weakness instead of strength
John Hinderaker writes for the Powerline blog about the downside of diversity. The shibboleth that “diversity is our strength” is one of the worst canards of our time. There is…
Committee to Unleash Prosperity
Liberty
Imagining the end of the federal income tax
Editors at Issues and Insights ponder a potential seismic shift in federal tax policy. The federal income tax is abusive. It is inconsistent with liberty. It has, as Chief Justice…
Health Care
Documenting America’s ‘great divorce’
Editors at Issues and Insights ponder America’s migration trends. When U-Haul released its latest “Growth Index” this week, it made us wonder if blue states will ever get a clue.…
Liberty
New data paint poor picture of Biden economy
Stephen Moore writes for the New York Post about important new economic data. One of the bitter fruits of President Joe Biden’s single term in office is this: An administration…
Liberty
Addressing Government Employees’ Inflated Pay
Neal Freeman writes at National Review Online about the public sector’s inflated compensation. I wrote … about a report from the Committee to Unleash Prosperity (CTUP), the group headed by…
Liberty
What’s Worse Than Long COVID? Long Tyranny
Editors at Issues and Insights highlight one of their biggest fears about Big Government. Not to downplay the damage done by COVID, but we’re still dealing with a far worse…
Liberty
Report Blasts COVID Response, Issues Warning for Future
Michael Dorgan reports for FoxNews.com about an important new study. A new report has sharply criticized the government’s response to the coronavirus pandemic, writing that lockdowns, school closures and vaccine…
Freedom Focus
Freedom Focus
How to Feed a Culture of Dependency
Work and personal responsibility lead to prosperity, but the left increasingly favors programs that foster government dependency. The Biden administration peddles expansive programs that punish work and disrupt good incentives.…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
When Welfare Pays More Than Work, Many Choose Welfare
Economists with the Committee to Unleash Prosperity released a new study last month highlighting our nation’s expansive welfare state. The study shows that welfare pays more than or nearly as much as…
Liberty
Reagan Would Have Understood the Left’s COVID Fixation
Editors at Issues and Insights highlight former President Ronald Reagan’s prescience. “One of the traditional methods of imposing statism or socialism in a people has been by way of medicine.”…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
Consumers Get Meager Relief at Gas Station, None at Grocery Store
Inflation continues to ravage household budgets. According to the latest release from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the Consumer Price Index rose 8.5% over the last year. This is less than June’s…
Liberty
Report Card Looks Bad for Lockdown States
John Fund writes at National Review Online about the bad news for states that faced lockdowns during the height of COVID-19 mania. The report card on how individual states handled…