Liberty
Hanson argues world is becoming more pro-American
Victor Davis Hanson explains for the Daily Signal why he believes the rest of the world is warming up to the United States. The world that we’re looking at today is radically…
Ecuador
sovereign state in South America
Liberty
Pelley falls short of standard for ‘serious journalist’
Jonathan Leaf writes for the Washington Free Beacon about a recently fired “60 Minutes” reporter. A week ago, former 60 Minutes correspondent Scott Pelley arrived for a meeting with his…
Liberty
State Staffers Push Spending on Dubious Projects
Adam Kredo of the Washington Free Beacon details an internal struggle at the federal State Department. When the Trump administration unveiled a 90-day freeze of foreign aid aimed at ensuring…
Liberty
Biden ‘Cozies Up’ to European Country with Major Drug Issues
John Schindler writes for the Washington Examiner about the Biden administration’s ties to Europe’s “only narco state.” Timing, they say, is everything. Last Thursday, Secretary of State Antony Blinken made…
Education
Martin Center column identifies a pending crisis for Christian colleges
William Anderson writes for the Martin Center about a challenge Christian schools face in the years ahead. An African-American pro-life speaker recently spoke at a Midwestern college and several members…
Energy
California and OPEC oil
Michael Bastasch of the Daily Caller takes a closer look at America’s “greenest” state. There’s a growing call for California Gov. Jerry Brown to stop issuing oil and natural gas…
Liberty
Brazil turning the reins over to grownups
What could be better for Brazil than the publicity tied to the recently concluded Olympic games? Getting the nation’s fiscal house in order, as described by Peter Millard in the…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
North Carolina’s economy on the world stage, 2015
This post is a follow-up to an earlier post, looking at how North Carolina’s GDP compares on the world stage if NC — and the other U.S. states — were independent…
Liberty
Teaching immigrants (legal or otherwise) to unionize
Sean Higgins of the Washington Examiner probes an unusual form of outreach from the federal government to a handful of foreign states. The federal government has signed agreements with three…
Liberty
Want more socialism? You must like misery
Steve Hanke documents in a Cato Institute blog entry strong links between socialism and misery in Latin America. Venezuela and Argentina, armed with aggressive socialist policies, end up the most…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
The Problem with Inflation
View in your browser. News that severe inflation has arrived in the US — well beyond the Federal Reserve target of 1.5 to 2 percent — continues to abound. The…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
Ferg on WBT in Charlotte: The role of taxation now and in the future
On Sunday, Bobby DeMuro of WBT Radio (pictured) invited me on his show, and I was pleased to speak with him from Quito, Ecuador. We addressed the following questions: When may…