American journalist
Kevin Williamson of National Review Online pokes holes in one of Hillary Clinton’s latest campaign-trail promises. The most enduring and destructive superstition about American politics is that the president is…
Walter Williams‘ latest column at Human Events ponders the amount of time and money devoted to higher education in the United States. Most college students do not belong in college.…
Robert Samuelson of the Washington Post devotes his latest column to clearing up the latest of Paul Krugman’s economic errors. It’s important to get history right — and economist and…
The headline of Robert Samuelson‘s Washington Post column tells you much of what you need to know about his assessment of a new academic study: “Do Dems run the economy…
Robert Samuelson examines in a Washington Post column interesting ideas about barriers to entrepreneurship in the United States. U.S. businesses are aging, I wrote last week, and a sharp decline…
We’ve heard the criticism of North Carolina’s elected leaders based on their decision not to expand the state’s Medicaid program. Washington Post economics columnist Robert Samuelson has heard the criticism,…
That has been a rather hot topic lately. Back when he ran in 2008, Obama decried it as corporate welfare, but he has given no support (as far as I’m…
Michael Barone‘s latest column makes clear that he’s not particularly convinced by the arguments Thomas Piketty has used to woo American leftists. There is general agreement that Piketty has compiled…
Showing an impressive ability avoid confirmation bias, one-time federal stimulus supporter Robert Samuelson explains for Washington Post readers why a five-year progress report for the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act…
Robert Samuelson‘s latest column in the Washington Post explores the odd fact that massive growth in government entitlement programs is limiting the government’s ability to tackle other issues. An aging…
Robert Samuelson explains for Washington Post readers why the “War on Poverty” launched by President Lyndon B. Johnson 50 years ago has turned out to be both a success and…
Many economists claim that they have the knowledge to control and stabilize the economy. In the letter below, Professor Don Boudreaux challenges that hubris: Editor, Washington Post 1150 15th St.,…