Star Parker, After less then 75 days in office, the mainstream media is already writing obituaries for the Trump administration. I don’t know whether to laugh or cry from the absurdity of it all. Even Juan Williams of Fox News writes. “But it is no liberal fantasy to say the odds of a Trump resignation
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By Messing With The Election Results, The Left Is Risking Economic Collapse
Rob Natelson, The market has boomed thanks to confidence in a stable presidency. Illegitimate attempts to destabilize the office can lead to collapse. Since Election Day, the stock market has soared. The benchmark Standard and Poor’s 500 index, which reflects the stock price of larger companies, has risen by more than 14 percent. The NASDAQ Composite, which measures
Six ways Congress can make room for tax cuts that will create more jobs
Newt Gingrich, President Reagan left us with many useful lessons in his 1989 farewell address. Earlier this week, I related Reagan’s words to the health bill failure last Friday. But today, a different passage from his speech caused me to rethink the current approach to tax reform. “The way I see it, there were two
Trump’s Tax Win will mean More Money in Your Wallet
Betsy McCaughey, If you’re hunting for a job, hoping for a raise or depending on a retirement account, your future hinges on President Trump’s next big undertaking, cutting taxes. And the picture looked rosy until last week. After the election, stocks soared on expectations that tax cuts would ignite an economic boom. The nonpartisan Tax
What Trump Needs To Know About Israel’s Border Fence And Why It Works
Aaron Bandler, Israel’s border fence has been cited by proponents of President Donald Trump’s border wall as an example of how securing the border stems the tide of illegal immigration. However, a border fence or wall only works if the government decreases the incentives for illegals to enter. Gideon Israel pointed out in a piece in
The Grim New Statistic On White Working Class Mortality
Aaron Bandler, A new paper authored by Princeton professors puts forward a statistic on white working class mortality that will completely shock you. The paper, co-authored by Anne Case and Angus Deaton, and published by the Brookings Institute, found that in 1999, whites in the 50 to 54 age range who didn’t have a high school degree had a 30 percent lower
At What Age Do Millennials Consider Themselves Adults? The Answer Will Stun You.
Aaron Bandler, A new report has found that millennials don’t consider themselves adults until they reach the age of 30. Yes, you read that correctly. According to The Wrap, research compiled by David Poltrack, the chief research officer at CBS and their ratings expert, as well as Nielsen Catalina Solutions found that millennials consider themselves adults at
Soft Diplomacy Didn’t Stop North Korea’s Nuclear Quest
Austin Bay, More than five decades ago, the wry British humor magazine, Punch, observed that “Idealists maintain that all nations should share the atomic bomb. Pessimists maintain that they will.” Nuclear weapons in the hands of North Korea’s hereditary Communist dictatorship vindicate the pessimists. Yes, a hereditary Communist dictatorship. North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un
Andy Schlafly: Trump Puts Economic Nationalism on the Agenda
Editor’s Note: This column was co-authored by John Schlafly When President Trump pulled the United States out of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) in January, he was fulfilling a campaign promise. During last year’s campaign, Trump had repeatedly called the TPP a “disaster” for American workers, while ridiculing Hillary Clinton for calling it the “gold standard.”
Allen West: Black youth overlooked by economic boom
Allen West, The Federal Reserve’s interest rate hike last week and indications of more to come are just the latest signs the economy is rolling. Conventional measures of unemployment are hovering near a generational low and the stock market is at a record high. But these strong economic and labor market indicators overlook at least
Democrats blind to real reason America elected Trump
Bryan Dean Wright, Lost in the shuffle of national news last week was the publication of an assessment by Democratic operatives on why my party lost the 2016 presidential campaign. Their argument? Voters chose President Trump because they had a “fear of diversity.” The authors – living in New York and San Francisco – concluded
Socialist Venezuela to Solve Bread Shortage by Banning Brownies
Daniel Greenfield, Fellow Socialist Bernie Sanders would approve. As Bernie said, You don’t necessarily need a choice of 23 underarm spray deodorants when children are hungry in this country.” Real Socialists don’t use deodorant. That’s what blood and children’s tears are for. In Venezuela, the Socialist experiment is going brilliantly. Everything is being nationalized. Venezuelan bakeries