Commentary Articles

Ditch the Global Minimum Tax Grab
It would mean less revenue for the U.S. Treasury and will never get past a Republican Congress.
Bruce Gilley | April 1, 2022

Do They Not Know?
Donald J. Boudreaux | April 1, 2022

Why a Billionaire’s Tax Could Be Bad for You
John C. Goodman | April 1, 2022

History Should Be Our Guide in Ukraine
Ukraine can defeat Vladimir Putin’s expeditionary army if the West remembers that history is not on Putin’s side.
Victor Davis Hanson | April 1, 2022

Where’s the Growth? Biden Budget Brings Back Obama’s Secular Stagnation
Lawrence A. Kudlow | March 31, 2022

Ukraine War Reintroduces U.S. Politicians to the Second Amendment
Stephen P. Halbrook | March 30, 2022

Biden’s Budget Dims His One Shining Moment
Biden punched Vladimir Putin out and then the whole world came crashing down on the president’s head. Really?
Lawrence A. Kudlow | March 29, 2022

The Sheer Madness of Today’s Left
When ideologues demand power but cannot achieve it politically because they are cruel ideologues, expect more of their insanity to follow.
Victor Davis Hanson | March 28, 2022

From Depressionist to Stalinist
“The Grapes of Wrath,” winner of two Academy Awards, casts a shadow backward and forward. Biden is making it relevant again.
K. Lloyd Billingsley | March 26, 2022

Putin May Fear Default More than Defeat in Ukraine
Judy L. Shelton | March 25, 2022

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