Watch out for unintended consequences. They’ll get you every time. It happened 160 years ago when a simple act of courtesy set in motion a chain of events that wound up taking a famous American’s life. Really. When you hear “Ulysses S. Grant,” what comes to mind? The more scholarly ...
Before the first month of 2023 was over, a raft of studies once again reinforced what we have always known: government attempts to “regulate” certain products in the name of “consumer protection,” “equity” and “justice” are flat-out disastrous for consumers, many of whom are ...
Like President Biden, I am a stutterer or, more accurately, a controlled stutterer. In a poll asking whether they believe Biden stutters or ever stuttered, 80 percent to 95 percent say he has not. However, if you define a stutterer as someone who has faltered or thinks about the possibility ...
For more than a year, President Biden and others have harangued oil and gas companies for earning too much money and then not investing enough of those profits to increase domestic production. Enter ConocoPhillips with its Willow project in the National Petroleum Reserve — Alaska (NPR-A). ...
If you live in one of America’s biggest cities, it’s likely your municipal government cooks the books, overestimating money coming in and undercounting bills. Truth in Accounting (TIA) released its latest report, “Financial State of the Cities 2023,” earlier this month. New York is ...
The internet changed the world, allowing people everywhere to access information, share their views and debate contentious topics. Social media, in particular, has given endless opportunities for people to form like-minded communities and discuss important issues. But for as long as the ...