“We now estimate real GDP is expanding at a 4.0 percent annual rate in Q2, up from our prior estimate of 2.75 percent and almost twice the 2.2 percent growth rate experienced in Q1.” — […]
Total free and fair trade. Unmitigated by tariffs, trade barriers or artificial restrictions established by government to avoid pure unadulterated business competition. Our trading partners around the world, as well as many business leaders in […]
The nation is just past halftime in the 2018 primary election cycle. Twenty states — containing the majority, 228 of 435, of House districts — have held their primaries, and all but the three with […]
This spring brought news of another record year of giving to American colleges. In 2017, donations to colleges and universities topped $43.6 billion. The surging U.S. stock market enabled renewed charitable giving by alumni. There […]
Do you think you are a completely fair and objective evaluator of politics? Take this test: “Donald Trump is a completely immoral man and shouldn’t be president of the United States!” Agree or disagree? Now […]
Late last year, over drinks with a long-time veteran southern Republican political operative, he leaned over and fairly shouted: “Heckfire! Donald Trump didn’t even collude with the GOP to get elected in 2016! How could […]
You may be familiar with the Civil War story of the Free State of Jones and Newton Knight. The 2016 movie popularized the account. But have you heard of the 1780s “Lost” State of Franklin? […]
What is “welfare” in the government sense anyway? Merriam-Webster defines it as such: “aid in the form of money or necessities for those in need.” This definition should be clarified with a friendly amendment: “… […]
“It’s going to be something very special.” That’s what President Trump has called the latest efforts to pass a second round of federal tax cuts, following the successful passage of the Tax Cuts and Jobs […]
There are four methods of selecting judges in use in the United States: partisan elections, nonpartisan elections, political appointment and appointment by a technocratic commission (sometimes called the “Missouri Plan” and often dominated by the […]
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