Commentary Articles

The Defense Production Act Won’t Bring Us Supply-Chain Security
William F. Shughart II | March 25, 2022

Don’t Cancel All Russians for Putin’s Crimes
Alvaro Vargas Llosa | March 24, 2022

The Real ‘Reset’ Is Coming
The prophets of the new world order sowed the wind and they will soon reap the whirlwind of an angry public worn out by elite incompetence, arrogance, and ignorance.
Victor Davis Hanson | March 24, 2022

California’s Math Curriculum Framework: Still Woke
Ze’ev Wurman, Williamson M. Evers | March 23, 2022

California’s Socialist K–12 Math Proposal, Take Two
Lee E. Ohanian | March 23, 2022

Inflation Woes Cry for Reagan-Volcker, but We’re Stuck With Biden-Burns
It’s noteworthy that Jay Powell said he wanted to be like Paul Volcker. Sorry, Jay, you’re really more like Arthur Burns, who pumped up the money supply and destroyed the dollar in the ’70s.
Lawrence A. Kudlow | March 23, 2022

Questioning Policy Miracles
Gary M. Galles | March 22, 2022

‘There He Goes Again’: Biden Talks About What the Country Doesn’t Want To Hear
The country would like lower inflation. The country would like more oil and gas supplies for lower energy prices. Over half the states have become ‘right to work.’ And climate change hardly shows up on a list of important polling issues.
Lawrence A. Kudlow | March 22, 2022

The Public-Health Hazards Posed by Public-Health Paternalists
Donald J. Boudreaux | March 21, 2022

Conspirators in Their Own Words
Noble left-wing ends always justify odious means, in this case projecting one’s own conspiracist efforts by smearing innocent others as conspiracists.
Victor Davis Hanson | March 21, 2022

Biden’s Handlers Are Preparing to Eject Him (and Kamala)
They must replace him, otherwise they themselves risk being replaced, which would be intolerable.
Roger Kimball | March 20, 2022

The William Barr Code
The former attorney general’s memoir is one deep state revelation after another.
K. Lloyd Billingsley | March 18, 2022

The Very Model of a Modern University President
Richard K. Vedder | March 17, 2022

Behind the Barr
K. Lloyd Billingsley | March 16, 2022

Gavin Newsom’s State of the State Speech Highlights What Is Wrong with California
Lee E. Ohanian | March 16, 2022

Putin’s Inflation? Biden Follows A Good Move with More Bad Numbers
Biden is making the case that the 8 percent inflation problem and the $110 oil problem and the $4.33 gasoline problem are all caused by Putin.
Lawrence A. Kudlow | March 12, 2022

Should I Vaccinate My Child Against Covid?
Martin Kulldorff | March 11, 2022

The Fed Needs to Put Its Eye on the Money Supply
Slowing its growth without triggering a recession is a tricky proposition. Is the central bank up for it?
Steve H. Hanke, John Greenwood, OBE | March 11, 2022

The Green Immoralists
Elite ideology divorced from reality impoverishes people and can get them killed.
Victor Davis Hanson | March 10, 2022

All Housing Is Affordable Housing
Michael C. Munger | March 10, 2022

Biden Swings at Russia, Misses Opportunity to Embrace American Fossil Fuels
Polls consistently show that Republicans, independents, and even Democrats believe we need to ramp up oil and gas production.
Lawrence A. Kudlow | March 10, 2022

California Returns to A Divisive and Highly Politicized Ethnic Studies Curriculum
Lee E. Ohanian | March 9, 2022

The Economic Way of Seeing
Gary M. Galles | March 9, 2022

How Politicized Is the Federal Reserve?
Emre Kuvvet | March 8, 2022

Forties Something
As the clocks strike 13, more wisdom from a war-torn decade.
K. Lloyd Billingsley | March 8, 2022