With the midterm elections less than four weeks away, there's a bit of a 2028 shadow campaign going on that includes a prominent Democrat warning his party to back off the liberal jargon.
Supporters of a wealth tax or higher inheritance taxes often argue that it is a myth that rich people leave the country in response. So, what really happens when taxes on the wealthy are sharply increased? The example of Sweden In the 1970s, Sweden embarked on an experiment in “democratic socialism” that led frustrated entrepreneurs […]
When a mega-cap market leader suddenly drops a few percentage points on a seemingly minor headline, the financial press rushes to find fundamental explanations. To the casual observer, it looks like a rational market processing new competitive risks or an unexpected shift in corporate valuation. To anyone who understands the mechanical plumbing of institutional trading […]
Under the political radar, the country’s food stamps program is undergoing a slow-motion transformation. The ramifications could bubble up into the midterms.Changes to the...
For Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin, the drug-related deaths of two college students in Mississippi triggered his personal memories of a relative involved with synthetic drugs.
President Trump veered far from midterm election politics during a rally in upstate New York on Friday, aiming a bitter diatribe at the Norwegian Nobel Committee for giving the Peace Prize he has long sought to South African jurist Navanethem "Navi" Pillay, a former U.N. human rights chief, for her work on justice and accountability for war crimes and genocide.
On Oct. 7, 2023, Gazans danced in the streets to celebrate Hamas’s rape, torture, abduction, and murder of Israelis. The last time they were so happy was on Sept. 11, 2001. Meanwhile, thousands of their supporters, a motley crew of angry Muslims and maladjusted leftists, celebrated in the cities of the West. Three years later, […]
Some artists work in multiple mediums so skillfully that it’s difficult to identify which is primary. Who can say if Michelangelo, Degas, or Matisse were better painters or sculptors? Other artists have distinct, often overlooked sidelines: The artist who paints intermittently is a common type, most often for those working principally on works that require […]
