Economies are not known for being simple things to untangle. Unlike in the physical sciences, where if you do enough calculations, you can shoot a projectile into an asteroid moving […]
Tag: inflation
Contrary to rumor, Democrats are better at the economy
A gallon of regular gasoline that cost over $5 in June now goes for about $3.80. So let’s all thank Joe Biden for the lower gas prices. Little to do […]
Dems focusing on the wrong issues
by Ramesh Ponnuru A political party has a problem when voters think it has the wrong answers to their most important questions. It has a bigger problem when voters think […]
Can’t Truss it: Toodle-oo to a prime minister we barely got to know
Short-lived governments are routine in some democracies, with uncertainty the norm and predictability ever elusive. Yet never in London, where hundreds of years of steady parliamentary rule set a standard […]
Some inflation help from the other side
President Joe Biden and his designated message-deliverers just got some crucial, last-minute insights — from a most unlikely source — Wednesday night. It made clear how they should be talking […]
A moral case for higher interest rates
by Ramesh Ponnuru Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell’s efforts to cool down the economy are causing progressive criticism to heat up. He has been accused of wanting a “brutal” recession, […]
Joe Biden has a Versailles problem
VERSAILLES, Pa. — As if to emphasize that this river town of 1,200 has zero in common with the royalty that once ruled at the eponymous location outside Paris, royalty […]
Another Irish exodus: Young people fleeing rising costs
DUBLIN — Americans are not the only ones suffering from high fuel and food prices, along with rapidly increasing costs for housing and rising mortgage rates. The Irish, too, are […]
Sept. 18 letters to the editor
Thanking businesses for supporting festival As a volunteer of The West Virginia Italian Heritage Festival, I would like to thank the many Monongalia County and Marion County businesses that supported […]
It’s the uncertainty, stupid
SCRANTON, Pa. — Ask a restaurant owner how difficult the COVID-19 era has been, and the list of struggles is lengthy — loss of customers, supply chain problems, doubling and […]
