I’ve spent 30 years advising clients on risk they can quantify: interest rate risk, market risk, counterparty risk. None of that prepared me for the specific anxiety a friend described to me last month, driving his late father’s shotgun from Oregon to a memorial service in Pennsylvania. The gun was unloaded. It was locked in […]
During 15 years leading Americans for Prosperity, I witnessed many announcements about government regulatory reform. A governor, often well-meaning, would name a blue-ribbon commission. The commission would meet a few times, issue a report with a nice cover, and then quietly disband. Usually, within a couple of years, the state’s regulatory rulebook was longer than […]
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) wants America to laugh off the radical, censorious, and destructive policies she and her ideological allies demanded before they lost the 2024 election and decided they should behave more normally. On ABC News, AOC was trying to shield Wisconsin gubernatorial hopeful Francesca Hong from any accountability for her calls to literally […]
America leads the world in biopharmaceutical innovation, but China is competing hard for that title. The greatest threat to American leadership isn’t Chinese competition. Instead, it’s American policy gradually weakening our own innovation base while Beijing strengthens theirs. Just recently, China’s drug regulator moved to fast-track cell and gene therapies, cutting its trial-approval clock to […]
Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-Texas) on Monday called Republicans “very performative,” saying that many GOP lawmakers have distaste for President Trump. “We have, like, our own little back rooms, right? So every once in a while, they will be like, ‘Hey, you can come to our, like, back room?’ You know?’” Crockett said on ABC’s “Jimmy...
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said Tuesday the Strait of Hormuz won’t be reopened until the U.S. meets its conditions, after President Trump said he wants compensation from Iran “for all of the people that they have killed” in the past. He told reporters that Iran has “astonished the whole world” in the war against the United States and...
Former Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall is “gonna sue” the Trump administration after the Pentagon revoked his security clearance last week over accusations he disclosed classified information to the media. The Defense Department on Friday pulled Kendall’s eligibility for access to classified information as well as his “ability to hold any sensitive position,” accusing him...
Iran-backed Houthi rebels have renewed their attacks on the Yemeni government-held city of Mokha, a key port city along the Red Sea, amid their blockade on Saudi exports in response to the Iran war. The attack was preceded by a deadly strike on a vessel off Mokha's coast in the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, killing three...
A yacht owned by Mark Zuckerberg is gaining controversy for not responding to a call for assistance made by a boat that ran out of fuel, but Brian Baker, a spokesperson for the Meta CEO, said that the crew did not hear the call. Baker added that by the time the crew aboard the ship...
Fox News host Tomi Lahren ripped the Republican Party on Monday, arguing the GOP has failed working Americans so badly that socialism has become increasingly appealing to those struggling with the cost of living. “Let’s be frank about it, some Americans are turning to socialism because Republicans have failed us so dismally that even the...