January 10, 2019

Steve Forbes and 'In Money We Trust'

With legislators back in Washington for the 116th Congress, sparring over economic policy is heating up between Republicans and Democrats over tax rates, spending programs, and immigration.  But while the fighting has focused on the Democra...

March 29, 2018

Spirit of Kemp returns in Rep. Mooney's gold standard act

Yesterday, Congressman Alexander Mooney (R-W.Va.) introduced a bill to once again make the U.S. dollar convertible to a fixed weight of gold.  The legislation, H.R. 5404, was written in the spirit of Jack Kemp's Gold Standard Act, and, ...

March 20, 2018

Trump hits a home run with Kudlow appointment

The economic reins of the Trump White House were up for grabs last week with the exit of Gary Cohn.  Despite concerns from the right (and, ironically, the left) that the president's appointment would signal a doubling down on trade...

March 6, 2018

Co-opting children for political gain

Liberal activists are allowing – even encouraging – students to leave class, protest, and generally disregard their hierarchies of authority in the wake of the Parkland shooting.  The mainstream media are actively cheerlead...