Commentary The Biden administration’s military, diplomatic, trade, and economic policies are turning America into an irrelevant bystander on the world stage. Is the American century over? It is if the Biden administration has anything to say about it. A catalog of policy decisions since Joe Biden took office provides a clear and utterly damning picture…
The Founders and the Constitution, Part 5: Edmund Randolph
Commentary Edmund Randolph was born into a family with a tradition of public service. His maternal grandfather had been King’s Attorney (attorney general) in colonial Maryland. His paternal grandfather, father, and uncle all held the same position in colonial Virginia. His uncle, Peyton Randolph, served as president of the First and Second Continental Congresses. Edmund…
California Tax Cut Bill Would Fight Inflation, Boost Economy
April 13, 2023
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Commentary Now we’re getting someplace. Rookie Assemblywoman Kate Sanchez (R-Murrieta) is advancing Assembly Bill 1724, which would cut the state sales tax 1 percentage point for one year. I’ve long said the way to improve the economy in California is with a series of small tax cuts for the middle-class and poor. Start small, keep trying….
Marjorie Taylor Greene Is Right—And Wrong
Commentary The future of cash is digital. The digital revolution will be built on an expansive foundation of data. To amass such data, greater levels of surveillance will be required. Of all the digital currencies that will eventually populate this planet, the digital dollar will be the most influential—and potentially, the most dangerous. The Biden…
Orange County Lawyer, TikTok Star Wants to Take on Rep. Michelle Steel
April 13, 2023
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Commentary In recent Orange County news, University of California–Irvine Law School alumna Cheyenne Hunt has thrown her hat in the ring to compete for the 45th Congressional District in 2024. Kim Bernice Nguyen, a Garden Grove City Councilwoman, has also announced her candidacy, along with Brea lawyer Aditya Pai. Currently, Rep. Michelle Steel represents the…
Biden EPA’s EV Quotas Would Take Away Americans’ Freedom of Choice of Vehicles, Enrich China
April 13, 2023
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Commentary The Biden administration on Wednesday announced plans to make cars more expensive for Americans, curb U.S. energy jobs, and make Chinese battery manufacturers richer. The new proposed regulations from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) would require new car sales to be 60 percent battery-powered electric by 2030 and 67 percent by 2032 in order…
Afghanistan Lies Are a Crime Against the American People and Honest History
Commentary On Aug. 31, 2021, as the world witnessed via live television the Biden administration’s Afghanistan debacle, Reuters published a partial transcript of a July 23, 2021, phone call between President Joe Biden and Afghan government then-president Ashraf Ghani. Before reading the quote, remember Biden held and still holds command authority over all branches of…
Why Can’t Inflation Escape the Fate of the Mid-1970s?
Commentary As the first round of the banking crisis fades, the market is refocusing on inflation and interest rate hike. Although U.S. inflation did come down, whether measured by consumer price index (CPI) or personal consumption expenditure (PCE), the year-over-year (YoY) downtrend was slow, and the month-over-month (MoM) decline was not persistent. For other advanced…
The Surveillance State Is on the March
Commentary As a working principle, the conviction that things are always worse than they seem is hard to beat. Along with the observation from William Dean Howells that the problem for a critic isn’t making enemies but keeping them, that mournful conviction that things are worse than they seem has the twin clarifying advantage of…
How Will the Government Fix the Ever Ballooning Budget?
Commentary Sometimes there are signposts to what a government may be planning to do, and when it comes to the budget in Australia, the Grattan Institute is one. Its latest pointer is called “Back in Black” and is a submission on this May’s Federal Budget. As a centre-left think tank, sponsored by the Australian and…
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