I was a teenager when I first visited New York. The flight cost $15 on the Eastern Airlines Shuttle from Washington, D.C. You could buy your ticket from a flight […]
Tag: conservative
GOP is coming for ESG investing
by Ramesh Ponnuru Republican complaints about “ESG investing” have been building in recent years. But they have not always been clear about what they want to do about it besides […]
Congress must keep promises to our allies. Pass the Afghan Adjustment Act
by Jack McCain As a Navy pilot and Afghanistan veteran, I know what it means to come down to the wire. On many occasions throughout my career, I’ve had only […]
Sinema departs the Democratic Party
Leaving aside any possible undeclared motives for leaving the Democratic Party and becoming an Independent, Arizona Sen. Kyrsten Sinema has said some things that have needed to be said for […]
Fewer jobs require a college degree. That’s a good thing
The U.S. job market is humming, with more than 10.7 million openings across the country and more than 1 million right here in Texas. That’s good news. But what might […]
Strengthen the child tax credit before expanding it
by Ramesh Ponnuru The federal government’s child tax credit just had its 25th anniversary, but not everyone is celebrating. Some conservatives think it’s a runaway entitlement program. A few on […]
Congressional lame duck quackery
There is little Republicans and Democrats in Congress agree on these days, but spending (and borrowing) money is as nonpartisan as it gets. House Democrats apparently have decided to leave […]
Biden economic agenda needs overhauled
by Karl W. Smith Presidential administrations never stay the same from beginning to end. Top personnel come and go for various reasons, and we seem to be seeing that now […]
Biden’s misplaced emphasis on one gun
We now know at least one of the priorities of the Biden administration during the remaining weeks Democrats control the House of Representatives. The president says he would try to […]
Trump the result of the conservative populist coalition, not the cause
Ever since former President Donald Trump lost to President Joe Biden in 2020, there has been a flag hanging from a home not far from where I live that reads […]
