Walter Donway
Meta on Trial—But Free Enterprise Is the Real Defendant
The Federal Trade Commission’s antitrust trial of Meta Platforms, Inc. — parent company of Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp — that commenced on April 14, 2025, in Washington, DC, has now […]
PBS and NPR: A Free Press Doesn’t Need a Government Budget Line
On May 1, 2025, President Donald Trump signed an executive order instructing the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) and all executive departments and agencies to cease federal funding for National […]
High-Stakes Gamble: Is College Still Worth It?
My son says “College is bullshit” — and he’s only 10 years old — my physician told me. The boy had already decided he would not go, and his father, […]
Is Bitcoin Ready To Retire Gold?
Gold has won the competition — a plebiscite as long-running as established civilizations — to be crowned mankind’s universal choice as a store of value and medium of exchange — […]
Retaliatory Tariffs? Again?
It must be frustrating to be an economist. Theoretical discussions and arguments about tariffs date back to at least the eighteenth century. In 1776, Adam Smith, in The Wealth of […]
NIH: The $47-Billion Sacred Cow Is Scared
Tocsins are ringing over the Trump administration’s initial attempts to rein in the National Institutes of Health (NIH) $47 billion annual budget. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy […]
