Tonight's Democratic Debate Will Be Long on Personal Attacks and Increased Government
Most Democratic candidates are to the left not just of Americans but of their own party.
Elizabeth Warren
Warren's Trade Policy Dresses Up Trumpism with Progressive Rhetoric
Warren says her administration "will engage in international trade—but on our terms and only when it benefits American families." The details show she'd be opposed to trade with most developing nations.
Sanders, Warren Compare Capitalists to Vampires, but Socialism Is What Really Sucks
There's a risk that if Warren and Sanders do get their way, the sucking sound will be of talent and capital fleeing America for other jurisdictions where they will be treated better.
Why Elizabeth Warren's Wealth Tax Won't Work
Elizabeth Warren says her "ultra-millionaire tax" will raise $2.75 trillion. History says otherwise.
Be Skeptical About Bernie Sanders' Financial Transactions Tax
Nonpartisan and center-left groups are casting doubt on the Vermont senator's revenue estimates.
Democrats Are Terrified of Their Own Non-Socialism
Those who disagree with Elizabeth Warren's economics tried really hard not to say so during the Dems' first presidential debate
The One Great Moment From Last Night's Democratic Debate—and the One From Tonight's
Tulsi Gabbard's defense of non-interventionism was electrifying. Tonight's fight between Biden and Sanders over capitalism and socialism will be, too.
Under Warren's Medicare for All Plan, Many Hospitals Would Be Forced to Close—Especially in Poor, Rural Areas
By paying dramatically lower rates, the single-payer plan would lead to a contraction in health care services.
For 2020 Dems, Your Right to an Abortion Doesn't Exist If You Have To Pay for It
And don't even try to pin Elizabeth Warren down on whether the procedure should be legal in the third trimester.
Elizabeth Warren's Polished Progressivism Dominated the First Democratic Debate
The Massachusetts senator pandered to the left—and so did everybody else, just not as expertly.
Warren Has a Plan To Help the Entrepreneurs She Screwed Over With Dodd-Frank
Warren proposes giving grants to minority-owned small businesses, but regulations she supported reduced access to capital for aspiring entrepreneurs.
Will Any Democratic Debater Acknowledge Math?
Early debates actually tell us a good deal about where political parties are heading.
Bernie Sanders Wants To Cancel All Student Debt and Make College Free, at a Cost of $2.2 Trillion
The Vermont senator is clearly trying to outdo his main progressive rival, Sen. Elizabeth Warren.
Watch the Media Manufacture a Dumb Story About Bernie Sanders and Sexism
No, Sanders didn't say Warren is surging just because she's a woman.
This One New Poll of Democrats Explains Why Donald Trump Will Be Reelected
Just 25 percent of Democratic voters want a candidate promising a "bold, new agenda," which is exactly what party and media elites will cram down their throats.
How Socialist Are the Democrats?
A discussion about the state of the party, as presidential debate season kicks off
Elizabeth Warren Is Starting to Beat Bernie Sanders in the Polls
But the progressive share of the 2020 Dem field has been remarkably stable, at just 30 percent.
Becoming the Libs to Own the Libertarians: Tucker Carlson Praises Elizabeth Warren
Plus: Ashton Kutcher serves up "sex trafficking"-enabled surveillance, NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio goes after soft serve, and more...
Joe Biden and Elizabeth Warren Unveil Dueling Trillion-Dollar Climate Policies
The two Democrats' climate action plans reveal a near limitless faith in the ability of government to reorganize the economy.
Warren's Wealth Tax Draws Skepticism from Economists
The Democratic hopeful has a plan for everything. Will her plans add up?
Elizabeth Warren's Plan for Free College Tuition Would Punish Hard Work, Increase National Debt
Americans are paying more than ever for car loans. Why shouldn't the government bail those out too? For the same reason eliminating student loans would be a bad idea.
All That Is Solid Dissolves Into Amazon…and That's a Good Thing
Capitalism isn't conservative when it comes to social and economic life. It provides exactly the sort of "bold, structural changes" socialists want but inevitably botch.
No, the Government Shouldn't Break Up Facebook
Co-founder Chris Hughes' call for antitrust action is vainglorious and misguided.
Elizabeth Warren's Plan To Cancel Student Debt Helps the Well-Off
The unintended consequences of helping students with the brightest futures.
Democratic Contenders Apologize for Everything Except Their Lousy Economic Policies
Being a presidential candidate means never having to say sorry for heavy-handed proposals to limit choice and promise free stuff.
The Immorality of Student Loan Forgiveness and Free College
If you or your parents can afford to pay your way, you should.
Elizabeth Warren's Plan To Cancel College Debt Is a Giveaway to the Well-Off and Well-Connected
The Massachusetts senator wants to spend $1.25 trillion on a plan to wipe out student loan debt and make public tuition free.
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What Elizabeth Warren Gets Wrong About Daenerys Targaryen
Like Warren, I'm a fan of the Dragon Queen. But Warren overstates the character's virtues and minimizes her flaws - sometimes in ways that reveal shortcomings of Warren's own worldview.
Elizabeth Warren Wants You To Know She Totally Loves Game of Thrones. Especially Daenerys. Yay, Women!
How do you do my fellow kids?
All the Top Democrats Running for President Favor Legalizing Marijuana
The one potential holdout? Joe "gateway drug" Biden.
Elizabeth Warren Demands Trump's Impeachment in Wake of Mueller Report
Calling for impeachment is likely a publicity stunt for the Massachusetts senator's flagging presidential campaign.
Elizabeth Warren Wants to Break Up Monopoly Seed Companies
The presidential hopeful doesn't realize that government biotech crop regulation helped to create the monopoly in the first place.
Beto O'Rourke's Health Care Plan Is an Attempt to Back Medicare for All Without the Problems of Single Payer
Medicare for America doesn't solve the problems of government-run health care. It just creates new ones.
Is There a Libertarian Argument for Breaking up Big Tech?: Podcast
Elizabeth Warren, Donald Trump, Tucker Carlson, and most of the 2020 presidential field agree that tech companies have too power. But maybe they don't like the competition.
Elizabeth Warren's Plan to Break Up Big Tech Would Be Bad for America
Don't give the government more power to pick winners and losers.
Elizabeth Warren Wants To Run Your Business for You: Podcast
George Mason's Todd Zywicki says the senator and presidential hopeful has inherited the ideas of Louis Brandeis without learning the lessons of overregulation.
Facebook Had Every Right to Reject Elizabeth Warren's Crappy Ad
Nobody in the media should be supporting an elected official trying to control what speech online platforms allow.
Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren Are Wrong About Trump's Medicare Cuts
Meanwhile, both support single-payer, which would radically cut payments to health care providers.
Elizabeth Warren Wants to Make Your Life More Annoying and More Expensive
The Massachusetts Democrat is running for president, but sometimes it seems like she's running for America's super-CEO.
The Rise of the Low-Tax Socialists
Today's Democrats want all sorts of new spending, but not the middle-class taxes to go along with it.
Bipartisan Bill Would Stop States From Denying Occupational Licenses Due to Student Loan Debt
New proposal from Sen. Marco Rubio and Sen. Elizabeth Warren would stop states from using the dumbest of all reasons to keep someone out of work.
Elizabeth Warren's Fake Wonkery
All too often, the Massachusetts senator and 2020 hopeful gets key details wrong.
Record Number of Americans Call Government Our Biggest Problem
The socialist wave may be more of a media-bubble thing than any sort of legitimate groundswell.
Warren's Presidential Bid Aims to Blame 'the Rich' for America's Problems
It's an inversion of the formula Trump used to get elected by scapegoating illegal immigrants. She's just targeting a different minority group.
Elizabeth Warren Formally Declares Candidacy, Enters the 2020 Race
"The man in the White House is not the cause of what is broken," said Warren. "He's just the latest and most extreme symptom of what has gone wrong in America."
Green New Deal—Same Old Progressive Policies
Using climate change to justify government-guaranteed jobs, health care, and housing.
Elizabeth Warren's Wealth Tax Is a Stunt Policy That Other Countries Have Tried and Discarded
Her big new tax plan is impractical, ineffective, and probably unconstitutional.
