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When I first arrived in Washington in 1982, the Dow Jones hit a low of 800. You may not believe that, so feel free to

The Democrats circa 2026 have almost become tax-and-spend parodies of themselves. They used to pretend that raising taxes was a last resort. Now, the leftwing

“How can the life of such a man / Be in the palm of some fool’s hand?” — Bob Dylan, “Hurricane” You’ve probably never heard

Americans today are justifiably angry about the price of rents and mortgages. Home prices have roughly tripled over the last 25 years, and the median

Here’s a recent story from the Chicago Tribune that jumped off the page when I read it. Northwestern University is finishing up the construction of

The Trump administration took a well-deserved victory lap last week for repealing more than 100 Biden-era rules for every new regulation. This will save U.S.

Well, Donald Trump has done it again! He stumped the chumps. The “chumps” in this case were the “blue-chip” academic and financial economists whose consensus

I’ve been shocked that Americans are in such a grumpy mood as reflected in all the public opinion polls. What a paradox: At the same

Reading and math scores are abysmal across the country, as national testing results keep documenting. Illiteracy rates are rising: The number of 16- to 24-year-olds