President Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act is just eight months old. It hasn’t yet slayed inflation. But it’s already gutting drug research and development. The law gives Medicare the power to impose price controls on certain prescription drugs for the first time. By September, federal ...
Deterrence is the new word for defense. Now the Americans and South Koreans are talking about vastly increasing their deterrence against North Korea, which says it is building more and better missiles and more nuclear warheads, too, all for “defense.” When our leaders talk about increasing ...
Repairing America’s refugee program was recently the focus of rare bipartisan support in Congress. Senators John Cornyn, R-Texas, and Alex Padilla, D-California, led a hearing on U.S. refugee policy, which was primarily a defense of plans to rebuild the system from the ground up. The hearing ...
A favorite editor asked me for a quote on what soon-to-be job applicants and their parents should keep in mind while preparing for tomorrow’s employment markets. I’ve given job-market advice to students and colleagues for decades, so here are 20 ideas I’ve often shared. Some have served ...
Russia on Wednesday accused Ukraine of attempting to assassinate President Vladimir Putin by attacking his official residence using two unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). The Kremlin claimed “timely actions taken by the military and special services” disabled the drones using electronic ...
Why is there a state of New Hampshire historic marker commemorating the life of an unrepentant Stalinist in Concord right now? One reason, and one reason only: Because Gov. Chris Sununu hasn’t taken it down. Not everyone believes he should, of course. According to headlines in both The ...