Economy
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Lumber prices reach record highs causing home prices to surge
Demand for lumber isn’t expected to slow for several months, according to Fortune. Homebuilding and renovation season typically begins in…
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Black-owned businesses in ‘George Floyd Square’ in desperate need of help … from police
This vicious circle has been repeated before, always with the same result.
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Biden’s $2.5 trillion infrastructure plan will drive jobs overseas, harm economy
Tax increases won't cover the full cost of Biden’s infrastructure plan, because of things like companies moving overseas to escape…
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Joe Biden, the speechifier, delivers his infrastructure proposal
In any case, for as long as Biden does remain president, get used to these speeches. They may be the…
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Biden $2 trillion plan would damage U.S. infrastructure
The usual resort to "tax, spend, and regulate" will have the usual effect of inhibiting private sector growth.
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13 states sue Biden administration over federal oil and gas leasing ban
The announcement is the latest lawsuit filed by a state against the Biden administration. A coalition of 21 states sued Biden on…
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COVID ‘relief’ bill will make some people poorer if they work more
Racism and economic disincentives, all in one 600-page package.
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Buffalo schools teach race hatred, harass whites
There is a simple ‘roadmap out of poverty‘ that works for people of any race, according to the black economist…
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Biden COVID relief plan too costly, both liberal and conservative economists say
Too much debt-financed spending being planned.
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Biden ‘stimulus’ will shrink economy in the long run, researchers conclude
Deregulation, not spending borrowed money for consumption and bill-paying, is the key to economic growth.
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Dem congressional candidate praises Hitler’s courage and economic prowess
According to data compiled by the Holocaust Memorial, Hitler’s direction of the Nazi regime resulted in the deaths of at least…
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France expresses alarm about America’s drift into left-wing radicalism
'Obama-endorsed French President Emmanuel Macron has joined numerous French intellectuals & journalists in warning that 'out-of-control woke leftism of US…
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Economists: Biden stimulus would shrink economy in the long run
Biden's stimulus package would shower hundreds of billions of dollars on state and local governments -- such as California, whose…
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Biden’s $2 trillion coronavirus stimulus would create pain in the future
Any additional stimulus spending will just increase the national debt, promote dependency on the government, and increase inflation.
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Saying ‘OK, Boomer’ may lead to lawsuits against your employer in Virginia
Thanks to laws against “hostile work environments,” saying “OK, Boomer” in the workplace can get you fired, notes human-resource professional…
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Biden ‘stimulus’ will increase national debt, shorten recovery, drive up inflation
We may not all be Keynesians now, but apparently Biden is one.
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Oregon likely to restrict access to COVID vaccine based on race
Racial preferences are only a potential remedy for recent discrimination. For example, a court ruled that discrimination that occurred 14…
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Vague, confusing ‘workplace harassment’ bill is back in Virginia
Legal mischief with vague law.
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Virginia pay bill will be a nightmare for some small employers
Small businesses, as always, hit hardest.
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Biden reveals economic relief for businesses will be based on — surprise! — sex and race
President-elect Joe Biden has announced that economic relief for struggling businesses would be based primarily on the minority status of the…
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Democrats take control of the Senate, dooming Trump regulatory reforms
The Trump administration repealed many of the bad rules, but often in procedurally improper or sloppy ways that led to…
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Biden’s best quotes of 2020
What better way to usher out one of the worst years in the history of the planet than with a…
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2020’s never before (and never again?) milestones
We’ve all been deluged with lists of 2020 winners, losers, and reasons why everyone is saying good riddance to this…
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Congress finally compromises on a coronavirus relief bill. Here’s what’s in it
The package, which Congress hopes to send to President Donald Trump’s desk Monday, includes direct cash payments, enhanced unemployment benefits, and…
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Bureaucratic red tape delayed the COVID-19 vaccine until after the election
Favoring regulatory process over getting the main job done.
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How much of a difference in the 2020 election did media coverage make? Crunching the numbers
Just as the media's job has always been to report the news, not make it, its role in presidential elections…
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Trump lawsuits lack evidence, and confuse Michigan with Minnesota
Team Trump needs to up its litigation game.
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Did Trump’s erroneous claims about rigged elections backfire on him?
Why did Donald Trump narrowly lose in Georgia? Perhaps because he encouraged voters not to vote by mail. That resulted…
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Whatever the Dems end up getting out of this election, it won’t be enough
Regardless of the outcome, it won't be enough to satisfy the Democrats who were expecting not just an election but…
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Biden: My plan for COVID-19 ‘does not include a countrywide lockdown’
Ask him again tomorrow — that is, if he wins. If tomorrow he goes back to being 'private citizen Biden,'…
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