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Several incidents in the COVID pandemic’s first two years forced me to confront the uncomfortable reality that American society had cracked apart, fleeing the...
By every official measure, the economy seems to be doing well. Personal income, disposable income, and consumption expenditures all increased. GDP growth has been...
Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham announced in September that New Mexico will become the first state in the nation to guarantee free childcare for its...
On Capitol Hill, where memories are short, concern about open-ended military conflicts — or as one might call them, war — is now considered...
After a quarter-long inflationary resurgence, it looks like prices are now falling. The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that the Consumer Price Index (CPI)...
The Everyday Price Index (EPI) rose 0.18 percent in March 2025, bringing the index to 292.9. The March increase brings the number of consecutive...
The Everyday Price Index (EPI) rose 0.18 percent in March 2025, bringing the index to 292.9. The March increase brings the number of consecutive...
Fears about tariffs causing a recession are high right now. Betting markets pretty clearly favor the claim of a forthcoming recession. Businesses do have...
On Capitol Hill, where memories are short, concern about open-ended military conflicts — or as one might call them, war — is now considered...
For decades, international development has been synonymous with massive aid programs, billion-dollar projects, and slow-moving bureaucracies. Governments and global institutions have spent trillions trying...
In 1881, a president was assassinated over the future of the civil service. James Garfield, who believed in civil service reform, was shot by...
An overwhelming majority of economists agree: protectionist tariffs harm the very nations that impose them. The notion that taxing Americans for buying foreign goods...
As noted in my previous column, foreign holdings of US dollars are classified as foreign holdings of US assets and, thus, contribute to US...