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Republican Takes Lead In Virginia Attorney General Race As Poll Flips After Jay Jones’ Calls For Violence Revealed
By Robert Romano Virginia Republican Attorney General Jason Miyares has jumped to a 5-point lead over challenger Democrat Jay Jones, a former Virginia House of Delegates member, in the latest poll by Trafalgar Group taken…
Tropical forests in Indonesia ravaged by push for EV batteries
The wanton destruction of tropical rainforests in Indonesia by predominantly Chinese mining companies eager to extract nickel for EV batteries is the price the world must pay in the transition to “clean energy.” “Indonesia is…
Playing Chicken with the Federal Budget: The Rational Stupidity of Shutdowns
“Chicken” is a game where two people, or two groups, want different things, in a context where “I win/you lose.” That is, there are no gains from exchange or compromise, and the loser is not only worse off, but embarrassed.
Toxic Empathy Is Killing NYC’s Gifted Programs
Zohran Mamdani announced early this month that, should he win the New York City mayoral race, he intends to shut down New York City public schools’ gifted and talented programs for grades K-2. This proposal was met with…
Democrats’ Delusion: Kamala Harris Would Have Won if Enough Biden Elitists Had Outvoted The Peasants?
By Bill Wilson A new spectacularly farcical claim is making the Democratic Party rounds, and it reveals how revisionist and unwilling to face reality the party has become. In an August op-ed, the editor in chief of Campaigns…
NO to the UN global climate tax!
The UN wants to raise the price of everything by collecting a carbon tax on shipping. The U.S. is working to stop them. The International Maritime Organization is about to vote on a new “net-zero framework,” which would take…
Debunking the fossil-fuel subsidy myth
Note that this article on an important topic was first published in 2016. We republish it in response to an inquiry from one of our social media correspondents: Ask any economist and they’ll tell you that subsidies are an…
Sow a Trade War, Harvest a Farm Crisis
Across the United States, harvesters are beginning to scythe their way through fields of crops. How well or badly the harvest goes has traditionally been a farmer’s make-or-break moment, but this year there is another…
How to Prove Economists Wrong About Tariffs: Never Do What You Threatened
On and shortly after Liberation Day, economists warned that tariffs would raise prices, snarl supply chains, and cut into economic growth. Prices are higher, certainly, but haven’t skyrocketed. Goods are, despite early…
We Need Charlie Kirk More Than Ever
By Robert Romano On Oct. 14, President Donald Trump posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Charlie Kirk, a month after he assassinated by a radical extremist at Utah Valley University on Sept. 10, and which…
