Should the Democrats win both runoff elections in Georgia and gain control of the Senate, President-elect Joe Biden and Democratic leaders will come under considerable pressure from their more radical party members to pack the U.S. Supreme Court. Published December 13, 2020
America has imposed a cruel hoax on its children -- the notion that college is essential for prosperous life. Published December 8, 2020
Democrats sought to fundamentally restructure American democracy -- pack the Senate by granting statehood to a federal district one-eighteenth the size of Rhode Island and turn the U.S. Supreme Court into a House of Lords. Published December 4, 2020
"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times," the oft-quoted opening line from "A Tale of Two Cities," is an apt description of the American economy. And we know how those times ended -- in revolution. Published December 1, 2020
Voters have chosen the moderate Joe Biden who won the Democratic primaries, but by sending more Republicans to Congress and statehouses, they rejected the radical Joe Biden. Published November 29, 2020
Presumed President-elect Joe Biden will be terribly constrained. The country can't afford massive new programs without big deficits or taxes a Republican Senate won't permit. Published November 24, 2020
In the recent elections, Americans expressed with considerable clarity they are not receptive to the radical agenda embraced by Democrats since Elizabeth Warren and Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez stormed Washington. Published November 18, 2020
President-elect Joe Biden ran on a platform to address climate change, remedy inequality, resurrect the economy and implement a more focused COVID-19 strategy. Published November 15, 2020
President-elect Joe Biden won by renting a platform from left-wing Democrats and then going awfully vague on how he will address the nation's existential challenges -- pandemics, climate change mitigation and China. Published November 11, 2020
Joe Biden captured the Democratic nomination with strong support from party elders earned by running as a moderate. Once nominated, he embraced more radical ideas from rivals like Bernie Sanders to unify his party. Published November 9, 2020
House Democrats are on the warpath -- Facebook, Amazon, Apple and Google (FAAG) are the targets. Published November 4, 2020
Europe and America are like an estranged couple -- love lost and the premise for the marriage fading into memory. Europeans may cheer a Biden victory, but it won't remove irreconcilable differences and dysfunctions. Published October 28, 2020
Investors should look beyond the turmoil of the next few months and stick with stocks. Published October 19, 2020
Whether it's President Trump or Joe Biden, the White House -- and Federal Reserve -- face another tough year in 2021. Published October 12, 2020
It's high time to fully reopen the American economy, but that requires more than the Federal Reserve printing money to finance business debt and government deficits. Published October 5, 2020
America may well be headed for electoral chaos and not since the contested election of John Quincy Adams in 1824 could the resolution be so divisive. Published September 30, 2020
The president's primary responsibilities are to protect national security and enable inclusive prosperity. Mr. Trump's record and Biden's facile vision make the incumbent the better choice. Published September 23, 2020
The nation's unemployment insurance system is broken. The Financial Crisis and COVID-19 made painfully clear that it poorly serves our front-line workers and inadequately boosts consumer spending during recessions. Published September 15, 2020
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell recently announced with much fanfare that the Federal Reserve would tolerate periods of inflation above 2% to compensate for failing to reach that target much of the last two decades. Published September 7, 2020
Joe Biden, like European Social Democrats, makes few bows to the mandates of the marketplace. Published September 1, 2020
