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John Fund of National Review Online turns the clock back more than five decades to uncover valuable lessons for today. For the first time in history, we’ve effectively quarantined the…
Collin Anderson of the Washington Free Beacon reports on donors in one of the United States’ most liberal cities helping to fund U.S. Senate races across the country. At least…
Nothing good, according to Joel Kotkin! In a recent piece at Quillette, he writes: The rulers of the Valley and its Puget Sound doppelganger now account for eight of the…
John Fund explains at National Review Online how former U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi hurts her Democratic Party’s chances of retaking control of the House. Will Democrats pull an “October…
Good to know there are some people in the very liberal city of Seattle who understand the detrimental impact of the jobs tax passed by the city council. Under that…
John Fund of National Review Online describes the latest example of California’s kooky politics. Move over, San Francisco. Oakland, the city of 420,000 people just ten miles away on the…
There was a fascinating piece in The New York Times this week about a developer who is building dorms in San Francisco. For adults. Housing costs are so completely out…
Getting the local angle out of the way, N&R columnist Susan Ladd (surprise) did care for President Trump’s State of the Union speech, adding her own annotations (in bold): “Together,…
Fortunately, Walter Olson has provided one at overlawyered.com: Biggest recruit yet for climate recoupment suits: NYC Mayor Bill De Blasio sues … five oil companies for Superstorm Sandy [Seth Barron/City…
RALEIGH — An event center that could cost up to $51 million threatens to generate far more costs than benefits for Rocky Mount. A new John Locke Foundation Spotlight report…
In 2012, residents of Rocky Mount started hearing about plans for an event center. The city council was talking about a project that would spur downtown economic development and regeneration,…
Why might a Donald Trump presidency appeal to a gay Christian libertarian billionaire? Bloomberg Businessweek‘s Max Chafkin and Lizette Chapman try to answer that question in a profile of Peter…