President Joe Biden's student loan forgiveness has attracted criticism from the left and right, but few express the menace it poses to economic stability and constitutional order. Published September 13, 2022
If President Joe Biden wants to be reelected, he had better figure out how to work with Republicans in Congress. Published September 6, 2022
Skeptics are criticizing western sanctions on Russia and COVID inspired hardening of supply chains, as nails in the coffin of globalization, but don't count on it. The only question is who leads. Published August 30, 2022
Democrats heading into midterms can tout President Biden's green energy and health care legislation and the CHIPS Act. But these forays into industrial policy will stoke inflation and slow capital formation and growth. Published August 23, 2022
The Federal Reserve and the Biden administration are in a treacherous period. Published August 16, 2022
The economy is slowing, and inflation continues to impose unrelenting pain on working- and middle-class Americans. Published August 9, 2022
Las Vegas bookmakers are offering good odds Republicans will win both the House and Senate, but after those victories, what can they do? Published August 2, 2022
President Biden is in deep trouble within his own party. In a recent New York Times/Siena College poll, 61% of Democrats indicated they would prefer a different standard-bearer in 2024. Published July 26, 2022
Curing inflation with a get-tough monetary policy alone is like trying to fix an antique Swiss watch with one hand. Published July 19, 2022
The hard left has gone hysterical about recent Supreme Court rulings. Like former President Donald Trump and Stacey Abrams, it can't bear losing. Published July 12, 2022
Accomplishing America's legitimate objectives in Ukraine will require a radical adjustment in U.S. and European policy. Published July 5, 2022
Federal Reserve Chair Powell now recognizes accomplishing a soft landing will be difficult, but a lot will depend on Americans' tolerance for inflation above 2%. Published June 28, 2022
American businesses are ordering, cajoling and even bribing workers to return to their offices, but fear, pleading and free food don't stack up against some cold realities. Published June 21, 2022
President Biden's recent statement that the United States would intervene militarily if China tries to take Taiwan by force was hardly a gaff. Published June 14, 2022
My inbox is stuffed with articles about the prospects for stagflation, but slow growth and runaway prices are descending on America right now. Published June 7, 2022
President Biden has called the $1.2 trillion Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act a "monumental step" that will create millions of jobs. Published May 31, 2022
Americans should gird for a long, tough battle with inflation. Published May 24, 2022
Much that has been said and screamed from congress and on the streets about Justice Alito's draft opinion striking down the constitutional right to an abortion is either false or misleading. Published May 17, 2022
The Federal Reserve is getting serious about inflation -- but hardly serious enough. Published May 10, 2022
The Russian invasion of Ukraine laid bare NATO's weaknesses and the failure of free trade to enable secure borders and prosperity. Published May 3, 2022
