Leadership
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Lose the Political Informality
“Politicians’ first-name basis… is a mercenary maneuver to gain our confidence on the cheap. It is literally a con game.” ~Donald J. Boudreaux
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Competing Narratives on Real Wages
“Democrats want to take credit for the higher real wages. Republicans want to deny that real wages are higher. Both are obscuring the facts.” ~William J. Luther
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Nike Takes Its Eye Off the Ball
“Nike wanted to make an impact in the community, venturing beyond selling shoes and sports apparel. The results include a current 2-percent reduction in labor force.” ~Stefan Bartl
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Civil Discourse and Political Reality
“It is one thing to dislike someone’s policies and argue against them in a civil discourse, discussing the merits and consequences of their proposals. But there is no place to demonize and so diminish the character of a candidate.” ~Will Sellers
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Coolidge’s Silent Recipe for Success: Less Federal Government
“Politicians in 2024, however, embrace a very different principle: the necessity of government intervention in private affairs. Regardless of the party or the candidates, the automatic answer seems to be bigger and, most worryingly, more invasive government.” ~Luis Carlos Araujo Quintero
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Danger Ahead: Why Antisemitism Is Likely to Grow
“Those who do not want to take responsibility for their choices gravitate to mass movements that promise to alleviate the consequences they face for their poor decisions.” ~Barry Brownstein
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Schedule F vs. Reality
“Reforming the administrative state and rewriting statutes and regulations is hard work, requiring careful policymaking, talented people, and consensus-building. It’s not the product of gimmicks like Schedule F and databases of inexperienced people.” ~Thomas A. Firey
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Democrats Play the Blame Game on Rent Inflation
“Imposing new costly regulations will not make housing more affordable — unleashing the housing supply by deregulating zoning and overly strict building codes will.” ~Louis Rouanet
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Bipartisan But Brutal: Lessons from the Chinese Exclusion Act
“This bipartisan consensus was not a middle ground, but rather a race to the bottom driven by the worst impulses of politicians and voters.” ~Vincent Geloso
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Principleless, Panicked and Power-Hungry
“The authoritarian response to COVID amounted to the biggest inroads on our civil liberties in two hundred years… the judges were as frightened and panicked as most everyone else.” ~James Allan
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Heaps of Trouble
“The reason sorites logic is so difficult to diffuse is that there is no obvious line or threshold to be established somewhere between the incremental steps that begin with a budget surplus and end with a budget consumed by interest payments.” ~Jimmy Alfonso Licon
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America Can’t Afford Bidenomics
“The euphoria surrounding the January 2024 jobs report is misplaced. Policymakers should heed these warning signs and enact meaningful reforms to address root causes.” ~Vance Ginn
