Commentary The Federal Reserve—and central banks the world over—played a crucial role in making lockdowns possible and weaponizing the panic of politicians. As the lender of last resort and the provider of liquidity for the entire federal government, it removes normal fiscal restraint. It writes checks that cannot bounce to fuel governments in normal times…
Maybe the Fed Too Was Trolled
November 12, 2022
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Border Crossing Deaths Skyrocket, While Biden Administration Hides the Data
News Analysis Border security is a life-or-death issue with many implications. Beyond the economic and electoral effects of illegal immigration, violent criminals and highly lethal drugs often enter the U.S. through its porous southern border. In addition, hundreds of people die each year while trying to cross the border. Annual totals of border crossing deaths are commonly published by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP)…
What It Means for Inflation to Be Embedded
News Analysis Every economic news release these days is an exercise in downplaying disaster. The bureau in question carefully crafts the results announcement, and the media picks up on it, spinning the bad news as good news. It seems to happen every time, such as with the terrible jobs report last week that somehow got…
Why Freedom Depends More Than Ever on Our Health and Fitness
November 4, 2022
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Commentary A nation is only as healthy as the people—the individuals—of which it is comprised. If we recognize this simple, obvious, fact, what are we to say about the health of our nations today? Look around at your fellow men, women, and children. How have we reached this point? And who, ultimately, benefits? Doctor measuring…
Can Organic Farming Feed the World?
November 4, 2022
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Commentary Synthetic, or “chemical,” nitrogen fertilizers are bad for the environment, but “organic” fertilizers are good… Right? Well, not exactly. Oversimplified thinking like this has more to do with environmental ideology than environmental science, and can have disastrous effects when implemented as policy. Sri Lanka: A Cautionary Fail Nowhere has this been more poignant in…
Essential and Nonessential Workers: Reshuffled!
November 4, 2022
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Commentary It’s finally happening: Elon is bringing economic rationality to Twitter, the company he just took over under very high pressure to amp up cash flow in the midst of a stagflationary environment. It’s no easy task but it certainly begins with cost cutting. First on the chopping block: the labor pool itself. Half the…
October Jobs Report Breaks Hopes of a Federal Reserve Pause
November 4, 2022
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Commentary The October jobs report showed that the economy added 261,000 new jobs, considerably better than the consensus estimate of 200,000 jobs. This morning’s print is 54,000 fewer jobs than were created in September 2022 and 461,000 fewer jobs than were created in the COVID recovery period of 2021. Net revisions for August and September added another 29,000 net…
7 Elections Reversed After Ballot Harvesting Scandals
This is an adapted excerpt from Fred Lucas’ new book “The Myth of Voter Suppression: The Left’s Assault on Clean Elections,” now out from Bombardier Books. The paid operatives are sometimes called “ballot brokers.” In Florida, they were known as “boleteros,” and in Texas they were called “politiqueras.” Both of these states passed laws to…
The GDP Offers No Comfort
Commentary After two quarters of decline earlier this year, the nation’s real gross domestic product (GDP) ticked up in the summer quarter. Political needs will point to the news in predictable ways, but practically speaking the modest 2.6 percent annualized growth changes nothing in the underlying economic picture. Things remain weak and on the verge…
A Key Date in The Efforts Against an Incoming President
News Analysis Jan. 12, 2017, has proven to be an incredibly important date in American politics. It was on this date that Igor Dancehnko’s soon-to-be FBI handler, Kevin Helson, sent an email regarding Danchenko with the heading: “Plan to convert into [confidential human source].” Danchenko, of course, was the primary source for former British spy…
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