So notes CNBC yesterday. We’ve already highlighted the gross inequity of forcing people that never were a party to a loan to assume the payments of others (as in here, here, and here), in many cases people that make far less money than the beneficiaries of student loans, so I’m not highlighting that this morning. […]

The Supreme Court has upheld the Mississippi law at the heart of Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health, and, in doing so, overturned Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey. The seismic decision means that abortion is now a political matter. The states will decide how to handle abortion without federal judicial restraint. California and […]

On Thursday, the Supreme Court struck down a New York law that required citizens to show a “proper cause” for a license to carry a handgun in public. In New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen, the Court determined the state’s practice, which forced applicants to show more than a desire to defend […]

:-), since I doubt the Tax Foundation is one of your oft-visited websites.

Well, maybe today. As I’m writing an op-ed for a local paper, I was drawn back to Keynes famous section in his work, The Economic Consequences of the Peace, written in 1919. Below is an extended section; we can discuss in the comments if you like. Lenin is said to have declared that the best […]

A bipartisan group of twenty U.S. Senators have a broad agreement on legislation in response to mass shootings in America. Opposition from the left and right still exists, and a legislative recess looms, but Congress seems poised to pass the most significant reforms in this area since the Clinton Administration. The framework is still just […]

The Biden Administration has finally accepted some blame for the ongoing inflation that they helped fuel, and like a good soldier, Janet Yellen has taken the spear for her boss, President Biden. President Biden was obviously anxious to make good on a progressive agenda after his inauguration, pushing his major spending bills, and he pushed […]

Proverbs 11:15 tells us: One who is a guarantor for a stranger will certainly suffer for it, But one who hates being a guarantor is secure. While I don’t think the Bible precludes going into debt, there is no doubt that the Bible warns against it. Debt should be thought of as something akin to a chain […]

We’re in a bear market now, even if the S&P500 managed to claw above the oft-quoted 20% down definition on Friday. Importantly, the standard 20% off the highs is only the symptom of the bear market that rages. Bear markets emerge to bring reality to false expectations of the future. Low interest rates beget speculation […]

In the aftermath of the draft Dobbs v Jackson case that ends Roe v Wade, Democrats have aggressively seized on the abortion issue, hoping for change in fortunes for their dispirited supporters. Conventional wisdom suggests that the ending of Roe v Wade will help Democrats, as polls have long shown that a complete repeal of […]