With a new generation of Americans saddled with $1.5 trillion in student debt, Victor Davis Hanson suggests it’s time to acknowledge the harm higher education has done to the United States. Start with the fact that an increasing majority of these debtors “either cannot pay back or simply will not.” The Lost Decade of the […]
Joe Biden – Unable to Tell the Truth?
Is Joe Biden’s inability to tell the truth from his failing mind or from a lack of integrity, Kevin Williamson puts forward in NRO, “In neither case is Biden fit to hold the office of president of the United States of America, and Democrats would discredit themselves and endanger the nation to nominate him.” So […]
Another Truth-Teller Gone from Democratic Debate
Recently, James Freeman (WSJ) asked former Rep. and presidential contender John Delaney (D., Md.) to comment on recent wage gains during “the Trump era compared to an Obama era characterized by rising stock prices but disappointing earnings for the average worker.” Mr. Delaney on Inequality “I think the economy up until recently has done pretty […]
Where Have the Democratic Truth-Tellers Gone?
Medicare for All, the Green New Deal, free health care for undocumented immigrants from everywhere, slavery reparations and more? American voters are not going to hear from candidates who dared to question the Party’s leftward lunge. Goodbye to Colorado Sen. Michael Bennet, Ohio Congressman Tim Ryan, former Maryland Rep. John Delaney and Montana Gov. Steve […]
Elizabeth Warren, the Dems’ Candidate for 2020?
Yes, Elizabeth “Warren has a plan for that.” Her plans even have T-shirts. Regardless of the problem, writes Alex Castellanos in The Federalist, Sen. Warren has a legislative wish for everything: end of private health insurance free health care for illegal aliens hard-hearted demonization of employers elimination of sex distinctions Amazingly enough, the former Harvard […]
The Trump Era Economy – Economic Calamity?
As the Democratic nominees vie for their party’s nomination for the 2020 presidential election, the U.S. economy continues on its path of solid performance. Conrad Black in American Greatness notes how absolute and per capita GDP growth, manufacturing jobs growth, shrinkage of minority unemployment, and purchasing power for working and lower-middle-class families are all supportive […]
Sweden – Not a Socialist Paradise, but a Model of Ruthless Capitalism
When Cynthia Nixon was running for governor of New York last year, she was asked in an interview her views on being a socialist. The flustered Ms. Nixon hesitating replied, “I am more in … I am more in line with the Nordic model myself.” But as Adam O’Neal notes in the WSJ, faced with […]
What Makes Donald Trump Different?
President Donald Trump is often a challenge to both his opponents and defenders, writes Roger Kimball in American Greatness. His rhetoric raises more than a few eyebrows, Roger’s included, he admits. Trump speaks differently on the world stage than most other statesmen. Trump is not beholden to any of the principles of diplomacy that follow […]
Senator Elizabeth Warren Chairs a Century-Long Taxpayer Fleecing
Thanks to help from Senator Warren, as long as borrowers are making de minimis monthly payments on student loans, their credit scores won’t be hurt, reports James Freeman in the WSJ. The upshot is that student-loan borrowers collectively are paying down a mere 1% of their balance each year, according to a recent Bloomberg News […]
Democratic Candidates Forced to Resort to “Wealth Inequality”
Wages are rising. Jobs are plentiful. Poverty is falling. So what’s a Democrat presidential candidate running against President Trump to do? Come forward with an economic line of attack that focuses on wealth inequality. Our friend Chris Edwards, an economist at the Cato Institute, acknowledges that wealth inequality has risen in recent years, but, he […]
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