Commentary Articles

Say What? The Ethnic Irony of Spielberg’s West Side Story
Samuel R. Staley | December 29, 2021

The Return of Latin America’s Hard Left
Alvaro Vargas Llosa | December 28, 2021

A Farewell Assessment: Higher Education after Six Decades
Richard K. Vedder | December 28, 2021

The Ungracious—and Their Demonization of the Past
Victor Davis Hanson | December 28, 2021

Sowing Winds and Reaping Whirlwinds
The Left is being consumed by its own hatreds and hubris.
Victor Davis Hanson | December 27, 2021

Homeless and Clueless in Oakland and Elsewhere in America
Elihu M. Harris, Mary L. G. Theroux | December 25, 2021

Why BBB Would Be Hazardous to Your Health
John C. Goodman | December 24, 2021

It’s Time for the Fed to Go Old School
No fancy stuff. Raise rates via open-market operations that reduce the size of the balance sheet.
Judy L. Shelton | December 23, 2021

Please—Stop the Coup Porn
Victor Davis Hanson | December 23, 2021

Can the Federal Student Loan Program Be Reformed?
Richard K. Vedder | December 23, 2021

China’s Internal Weakness
Ivan Eland | December 21, 2021

Why Would Hispanics Drop the Left?
The bill for the arrogance and incompetence displayed by leftist elites is now coming due.
Victor Davis Hanson | December 20, 2021

The Fickle ‘Science’ of Lockdowns
Experts foresaw before Covid that the strategy would fail. The authorities embraced it anyway.
Phillip W. Magness, Peter C. Earle | December 20, 2021

Great Americans Gone in 2021
But not forgotten.
K. Lloyd Billingsley | December 18, 2021

Pillage People and the Pandemic
K. Lloyd Billingsley | December 18, 2021

Why Is the Left Worried Suddenly About the End of Democracy?
They are fearful and angry not because democracy does not work, but because it does despite their own media and political efforts to warp it.
Victor Davis Hanson | December 16, 2021

Emmet Domain
Judge Emmet Sullivan, persecutor of General Michael Flynn, now railroads the January 6 defendants.
K. Lloyd Billingsley | December 15, 2021

A Biden Plan for Prices? No Thanks
The Build Back Better plan would make things worse by injecting trillions of dollars into the economy.
Michael C. Munger | December 15, 2021

Improving Access or Lowering Standards? Abolishing the SAT
Richard K. Vedder | December 15, 2021

From Prague to Washington
One coup succeeded, the other is still in progress
K. Lloyd Billingsley | December 13, 2021

Cracked Icons
The corrupt and mediocre heroes of the Left are imploding.
Victor Davis Hanson | December 13, 2021

Nirvana Economics: How Treating the Real World Like an Imaginary Ideal World Leads to Trouble
Gary M. Galles | December 12, 2021

C’mon, Man! Lessons from the National Football League
K. Lloyd Billingsley | December 11, 2021

Global Posture Review Makes Only Minor Changes to American Hegemony
The Global Posture Review is another reminder that Congress must reclaim its war powers.
Ivan Eland | December 10, 2021

Price Controls on Drugs Would Save Lives, but Also Take Them
Ronald L. Trowbridge | December 10, 2021