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In the office, Bob Luebke and I got into a recent discussion on the late historian Forrest McDonald (1927-2016). McDonald was a professor who spent much of his time at…
Mairead McArdle details for the Daily Wire some of the least-defensible elements of the latest federal COVID-19 stimulus package. Some of the items are only loosely related to relieving pandemic…
Elizabeth Harrington of the Washington Free Beacon digs up more questionable uses of taxpayer funding. The National Endowment for the Humanities is spending over $50,000 on Slouch, a book about…
George Leef’s latest Forbes column offers another reason why one particular federal agency should get the ax. The National Endowment for the Humanities is one of the remnants of Lyndon…
James Antle and Joseph Lawler explain at the Washington Examiner why the next round of budget discussions in Washington, D.C., could produce fireworks. President Trump fired the opening salvo for…
Thomas Donlan devotes his latest Barron’s editorial commentary to Congress’ apparent disinterest in President Trump’s budget ideas. When the president published his instructions to Congress regarding the federal budget for…
Kevin Williamson of National Review Online explains why the National Endowment for the Arts ought to be defunded “for art’s sake.” Of course we should kill the National Endowment for…
Elizabeth Harrington of the Washington Free Beacon continues her seemingly endless efforts to document federal government spending that strays far from the purpose of government. The National Endowment for the…
Elizabeth Harrington of the Washington Free Beacon turns her attention to the federal government’s questionable spending on the humanities. The National Endowment for the Humanities is spending more than $300,000…
Elizabeth Harrington continues to dig into details of the federal budget and finds another questionable expense. She offers details in a Washington Free Beacon article. The National Endowment for the…
Amity Shlaes explains in the latest issue of Forbes magazine how a program honoring one of the 20th century’s great presidents should help fight the craziness on American college campuses.…
Regular readers in this forum might remember recent biographies from both Kevin Gutzman and Jeff Broadwater highlighting the achievements of the fourth U.S. president. Now a column from James Piereson…