Way Too Many People Want an All-Powerful President
Rather than fighting for power, Americans should ignore each other and go about their lives.
Joe Biden
Banks and Trade Groups Reject Saule Omarova, Biden's New Currency Comptroller Pick
Omarova's starry-eyed view of the Soviet Union and interest in giving far more power to the Federal Reserve should not inspire confidence.
Bernie Sanders Thinks 48 Senators Make a Majority
The Senate's leading progressive seems to misunderstand the basic math of American democracy.
Biden to GOP: 'Get Out of the Way, So You Don't Destroy' the Country
The President's inaugural "unity" rhetoric has given way to apocalyptic condemnation.
Don't Ask Politicians To Fix a Supply Chain Crisis They Created
Governments may not be able to make an economy, but they've proven they can break it.
Joe Biden's Misguided Attack on Tax Havens
President Joe Biden apparently thinks it's wrong for corporations to locate their headquarters in low-tax places like Bermuda, Ireland, and Switzerland. Did he learn nothing from living in Delaware?
Vaccine Mandates Coming for K-12 Students
San Diego becomes latest school district to require teen jabs. But is it good policy?
Biden's Inflation Scapegoat Is 'Profiteering'
Profligate government spending supposedly has nothing to do with it.
New York Firing Health Care Workers as COVID-19 Heads Northeast
The vaccine mandate on health care workers, ahead of the broader mandate on the rest of us, is putting America in uncharted territory.
Everybody Is Wrong About Big Tech
Robby Soave doesn't like it when social media deplatforms users, but the far bigger threat comes from lawmakers on a mission.
Biden Says $3.5 Trillion Reconciliation Bill Has a Price Tag of 'Zero.' That's Dubious.
Democrats are now relying on the same "dynamic scoring" technique they've previously criticized.
Get the Americans With Disabilities Act Out of the COVID Wars
There’s no clean way this applies to the pandemic.
Biden: You Will Get a Booster Shot When the CDC Says So
If the government is going to approve them for everyone eventually, why wait?
U.S. To Continue Cruel Treatment of Haitian Refugees—But Not on Horseback
Plus: Debt myopia, tech trade groups sue over Texas social media law, abortion providers ask SCOTUS to reconsider, and more...
Mass Student Loan Forgiveness Is Already Happening
Biden is using executive authority to write off debts for some borrowers, while a Bush-era law could have even bigger implications.
Brutal Treatment of Asylum-Seekers Is the Reality of Government
That’s why its role in our lives should be reduced to the minimum.
From Russiagate to the MyPillow Guy, Let's Stop With Electoral Conspiracy Theories
Before Mike Lindell's lunatic claims and Donald Trump's sour grapes over 2020, there was Hillary Clinton and the media's false insistence on Kremlin interference.
Blame Both Parties if the Federal Government Shuts Down in December
Democrats want to raise the debt ceiling, while Republicans occasionally remember they're against big government spending.
Don't Import Vaccine Mandates for Domestic Travel
We’re on our way to having to ask for permission to go about our daily lives.
In U.N. Speech, Biden Says America Is Not at War for First Time in 20 Years. That's Just Not True.
Multiple military authorizations are still intact and we've still got troops in Iraq and elsewhere. And that's not even counting the drone strikes.
George Will vs. 1619 Project: The U.S. Founding Is 'the Best Thing That Ever Happened'
The Washington Post columnist says President Joe Biden isn't a progressive but "will go where the [Democratic] party goes, and the party is being driven by other people."
Build Back Better Bill Would Lavish New Corporate Subsidies on Biofuel Industry
The $3.5 trillion bill includes a new program to subsidize the makers of "sustainable aviation fuel."
FDA Advisory Panel Votes Against Biden's Proposed Broad COVID-19 Booster Shot Rollout
It did recommend authorizing boosters for those over age 65
Toddler-Masking Biden Says Governors Are 'Playing Politics With the Lives of…Children'
The president bemoans the incivility of politics while accusing Republicans of being "cavalier" about the potential for dead kids.
Biden's Plan To Crack Down on Tax Cheating: Snooping on Everyone's Bank Accounts
The president says the IRS needs just two bits of information: all the money that goes into your bank account, and all the money that comes out.
Taxing the Rich Isn't Enough to Pay for Democrats' Welfare State. They'll Need To Soak the Middle Class Too.
There simply aren't enough rich people to finance all the new spending.
George Will: Why He's Against Biden, Trump, and the 1619 Project—And Bullish on the Future
When government "gets out of the way, we're going to see again, the creativity of the American people," says the 80-year-old optimist.
Memphis Gave IKEA $9.5 Million While Several Smaller Furniture Stores Went Under
Corporate welfare hurts the people who actually need help.
Can Biden's Vaccination Rule for Private Employers Survive Judicial Scrutiny?
A broad standard with no exceptions better serves his goals, but it will be harder to defend in court.
FEC: Twitter Blocking the Hunter Biden Story Wasn't Election Interference
Maryland satire paper threatened over "OlneyFans" article, big tech companies "on the butcher's table," and more...
How Biden's Vaccine Mandates Degrade Social Trust
Plus, how his tax hikes won't actually help anyone, either.
Democrats Try To Hide a $3 Trillion Tax Increase From Voters
The plan would make a liar out of Biden on a level reminiscent of George H.W. Bush's betrayal of his "read my lips" tax pledge.
Biden's Vaccine Mandate Is the Latest Sign of the Presidency Becoming a Monarchy
The presidency has always been inclined to unilateral power—and many Americans like it that way.
The Biden Administration's 'Emergency' Vaccine Mandate May Be Vulnerable to Legal Challenges
OSHA has rarely used this option, which avoids the usual rule-making process, and most challenges to such edicts have been successful.
No, Biden, This Is About Freedom and Personal Choice
It's time to stop "states of exception" that justify government overreach into more and more of our lives.
Where Does Biden Get the Authority To Mandate Vaccination?
Emergency OSHA rules are frequently struck down by courts.
Two Big New Ways the Biden Administration Plans To Overstep Its Pandemic Authority
Plus: The vaccine and abortion debates, a promising jobs report, and more...
What Fear Does to Our Freedom
COVID-19 and 9/11 both created opportunities to restrict our liberties in the name of keeping us safe.
We Lost Liberty After 9/11—COVID-19 Threatens More of the Same
History is repeating itself in ways that we, and our kids, will live to regret.
Biden Admits He Can't Mandate Masks. Why Does He Think He Can Mandate Vaccines?
Biden's sudden embrace of a federal vaccine requirement seems inconsistent with his acknowledgment that he cannot mandate every COVID-19 precaution he'd like people to follow.
Until Today, Joe Biden, Jen Psaki, and Rochelle Walensky Were All Publicly Opposed to Federal COVID Vaccine Mandates
"That's not the role of the federal government." What happened?
Biden Rolls Out Industrial Policy Plan To Overcome Government-Created COVID-19 Testing Shortages
One government failure cascades into another.
Biden Will Announce Vaccine Mandate for Companies With 100+ Employees
The president will direct OSHA to require either vaccination or frequent testing
Biden Won't End the Warfare-Surveillance State
National security reporter Spencer Ackerman on 9/11, mass surveillance at home, and failed wars abroad.
9/11's Lesson: War Doesn't Work
Historian Stephen Wertheim says two decades of failed wars have finally made America more likely to embrace military restraint.
How 9/11 Actually Changed Everything
Plus, why is no one talking about the Medicare Trustees' entitlement report?
Americans Cheer Afghan Departure, But Criticize Chaotic Management
Shameful scenes like those in Kabul don’t have to happen if we avoid military interventions.
