June 1, 2020

The TRACE Act and the Rule of Law

On May 1, 2020, Democratic congressman Bobby Rush introduced bill H.R. 6666, otherwise known as the “Testing, Reaching, And Contacting Everyone Act” (“TRACE Act”). Ostensibly, the TRACE Act will limit the spread of COVID-19...

August 13, 2019

Illegal Immigration Hurts Black Workers Most

Official estimates suggest that over 1 million people will illegally migrate into America in 2019.  The Democrats welcome them with open arms -- they have even offered to give them "free" healthcare. In doing so they betray their mo...

November 3, 2018

Immigrants Will Not Fund Our Retirement

Ask Democrats why they support open borders, and they will invariably respond: "Because we need immigrants to pay for our pensions."  This argument is a sham.  The data are conclusive: immigration will not save America...

August 5, 2018

Immigration Will Not Make America Great Again

  Although the "progressive left" fetishizes open borders for its own sake, they nevertheless festoon their arguments with economic ornamentation in an attempt to convince fiscally-minded fence-sitters. Usually, their ploy fails. ...

February 23, 2018

If Immigration Creates Wealth, Why Is California America's Poverty Capital?

California used to be home to America's largest and most affluent middle class.  Today, it is America's poverty capital.  What went wrong?  In a word: immigration. According to the U.S. Census Bureau'...

January 18, 2018

Immigration Is Destroying the Welfare State

Many Democrats see their party as the working man's choice.  They want to soften capitalism's rougher edges, humanize big industry, and give the average American a fighting chance.  One may (and should) disagree with their...

December 8, 2017

America's Farmers Don't Depend on Illegal Immigration

Liberals frame the debate over illegal immigration as a dilemma: either America grants amnesty to aliens or the economy will collapse.  Some even imply that Americans will starve to death because of higher food prices – who will pick Ameri...

November 16, 2017

Why Lowering Taxes Is Pointless

The Republican's proposed Tax Cuts and Jobs Act is the archetypical tax reform bill: it lowers taxes but increases the Code's complexity.  High taxes are bad, but a complex tax code is worse.  America deserves better. T...

October 20, 2017

There Can Be No Compromise on Immigration Reform

On October 8, the White House released a list of "Immigration Principles and Policies" that President Trump says "must be included" in any legislation legitimizing President Obama's Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals execu...

October 4, 2017

Illegal Immigration: An Economic Poison Pill

The conversation surrounding illegal immigration is deeply personal for many people -- it is emotionally-charged and politically divisive. Debates often devolve into mud-slinging contests, and arguments morph into feigned outrage, even violent protes...

September 26, 2017

Imposing Sanctions on Venezuela Will Only Make Things Worse

The Trump administration is considering imposing sanctions on Venezuela by blocking their oil from U.S. ports. Likewise, UN ambassador Nikki Haley criticized the regime of Nicolas Maduro, and confirmed that oil sanctions “are not off the table....

September 23, 2017

Trump Must Keep His Promise: Repeal DACA

Both the president and Congress are struggling to commit to a stable course of action regarding President Obama's Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program.  Do they scrap it or keep it?  Although there are legitim...

August 19, 2017

Chinese IP Theft Costs America Up to a Half-Trillion Annually

On Monday, August 14, President Trump announced that he is authorizing a public inquiry into China's predatory trade regime. Specifically, he is empowering Robert Lighthizer, the U.S. Trade Representative, to investigate China's trade policie...

August 4, 2017

Immigration Reform and the Economy

On August 2, President Trump provoked another media meltdown by endorsing the RAISE Act, an immigration reform bill sponsored by senators Tom Cotton and David Perdue. If passed, the RAISE Act would cut legal immigration to America by up to fifty p...

July 12, 2017

Wind and Solar Energy Are Dead Ends

Renewable energy is the way of the future, we are told.  It is inevitable.  Some renewable energy advocates boldly claim that the world could be powered by renewable energy as early as 2030 – with enough government subsidies, that is....

June 18, 2017

Switzerland's Carbon Capture Plant Is a Giant Waste of Money

On May 31, 2017 the world’s first commercial atmospheric carbon-capture plant opened for business in Hinwil, Switzerland. The plant, designed and operated by a Swiss company called Climeworks, is different from existing carbon-capture facili...

May 21, 2017

Dear NEA: Art Is a Bad Investment

Donald Trump's proposal to scrap federal funding for the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting has again put him in the cross-hairs of liberal ire. His opponents point out that arts funding...