Monthly Archives: May 2021
Whitmer Apologizes for Violating Her Own Indoor Dining Restrictions
(Daily Caller News Foundation) Democratic Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer apologized Sunday after she was caught dining maskless indoors with a dozen people, violating her...
As Congress Returns to Funding Earmarks, Who Will Benefit?
(Associated Press) Don't tell Laura Fields that providing $1.7 million to her flood-prone neighborhood would be wasteful spending. Her home in a Houston-area subdivision...
How Biden’s Government Jobs Plan Destroys Wealth
(Gary Galles, Mises Institute) It seems that every time something adverse happens in the labor market, it restarts the partisan battle between those currently...
Thrill Is Gone: Los Angeles Skyscraper Slide Won’t Reopen
(Associated Press) A renovation will do away with a slide that gave thrill-seekers a brief ride on the outside of a downtown Los Angeles...
COVID Lockdowns Didn’t Curb Rising Murder Rates: Study
(The Crime Report) As America emerges from the pandemic, increasing violent crime rates represent a warning to city and state leaders not to relax...
Insider Q&A: Economist Joel Naroff on the Inflation Threat
(Associated Press) Inflation, a no-show for decades, is suddenly breaking out all over, it seems. And concerns are growing.
Consumer prices in April jumped by...
The War on Retirement
(American Institute for Economic Research) Of the five most expensive wars the United States has waged, only one – World War II – involved...
Epstein Guards to Skirt Jail Time in Deal with Prosecutors
(Associated Press) The two Bureau of Prisons workers tasked with guarding Jeffrey Epstein the night he killed himself in a New York jail have...
Oregon Among Blue States Slow at Lifting COVID Restrictions
(Associated Press) The sand was packed on a recent sunny day at this upscale beach town on Oregon's coast, but signs of the state's...
Businesses, Republicans Raise the Alarm Over Biden Taxes
(The Center Square) As President Joe Biden promotes his several trillion dollars in proposed federal spending, Republicans and small businesses are raising the alarm,...
