The Colbert-CBS spat is about overregulation
The Trump presidency ought to be an education for progressives in the ways government overregulation can distort politics and business....
White House economic adviser says Fed researchers should be punished
Kevin Hassett, a top economic adviser to President Donald Trump, on Wednesday assailed a study from the Federal Reserve Bank...
Union membership edged up in 2025 despite attacks from Trump administration
The share of American workers in unions edged up in 2025, the first rise in years despite the Trump administration’s...
The FDA’s damage to medical innovation will be hard to repair
Moderna is breathing a sigh of relief now that the Food and Drug Administration said on Wednesday that it will...
Trump’s Board of Peace to meet as Gaza stability plan languishes
President Donald Trump’s Board of Peace will hold its inaugural meeting Thursday in Washington, gathering officials from dozens of countries...
Move over, athletes. The Olympics have a new star.
Last month, I interviewed the author Chuck Klosterman about his new book “Football,” a very smart book about a very...
Should the U.S. slow AI’s growth?
The Feb. 12 editorial “Bernie Sanders’s worst idea yet” rightly highlighted the imprudence of Sen. Bernie Sanders’s (I-Vermont) “proposed moratorium...
White House taps Jay Bhattacharya, CDC critic, to lead agency for now
Jay Bhattacharya, a top Trump administration health official and an outspoken critic of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s...
Rubio and Ocasio-Cortez just made cases to Europe. Only one is right.
A. Wess Mitchell is a principal at the Marathon Initiative and served as assistant secretary of state for Europe and...
This Olympic ritual offers a lesson about money
Julia R. Cartwright is a senior research fellow in law and economics at the American Institute for Economic Research. With...
Costco’s cheap hot dogs teach California builders a lesson
Brian Hanlon is chief executive officer of California YIMBY. Costco’s $1.50 hot dog and soda combo is famous for its...
White House economic adviser says Fed researchers should be ‘disciplined’
Kevin Hassett, a top economic adviser to President Donald Trump, on Wednesday assailed a study from the Federal Reserve Bank...
It took one year for Black MAGA to crater
Last year, at the White House’s Black History Month celebration, President Donald Trump took the lectern and basked in victory....
Union membership edged up in 2025 due to slowdown in the labor market
The share of American workers in unions edged up in 2025, the first rise in years partly because of a...
FDA reverses course and will review Moderna’s mRNA-based flu shot
The Food and Drug Administration has reversed course and agreed to review Moderna’s application for the first mRNA-based flu vaccine...
