On Wednesday, the Senate Commerce Committee did something we rarely see anymore. Every member, from both parties, voted to advance the same bill. The Connected Vehicle Security Act of 2026, introduced by Sens. Bernie Moreno (R-OH) and Elissa Slotkin (D-MN), now heads to the full Senate. I want to explain why that vote deserved to […]
Whether a belated semiquincentennial birthday gift to America from the ghosts of the Founding Fathers or simply a bout of good fortune for those longing for the degree of privacy against the government that existed when the Fourth Amendment was adopted, the last several weeks have been pretty rough on Big Brother, especially Flock Safety. […]
American policy toward Somaliland rests on a fiction. Washington treats the territory as if Mogadishu might one day govern it, even though Somaliland has run its own institutions since 1991. President Donald Trump can replace that fiction with a practical partnership by recognizing a state that Somalilanders have already built. The timing is unusually clear. […]
A recurring figure in American popular culture, particularly in periods of rapid economic and technological change, is the “prophetic CEO.” These larger-than-life figures seemingly have their finger on the pulse of the zeitgeist and offer sweeping prescriptions on how to address them. We are presently living in the age of artificial intelligence, and some Americans […]
It has been 72 years since the U.S. Supreme Court ruled unanimously in Brown v. Board of Education that racial segregation in public schools was unconstitutional. While there has been some success in integrating schools across the South through enforcement mechanisms such as Title VI of the Civil Rights Act (1964), which gave the federal […]
A just-released report from the Securities and Exchange Commission’s Office of Inspector General confirmed what the American Securities Association has warned for years: The people with access to your most sensitive financial data cannot be trusted to protect it. A former SEC employee improperly accessed and shared nonpublic investigative information, the latest in a long […]
There was a time when politicians sought headlines because they had accomplished something. Today, too many seek headlines simply to become the story. America has entered the age of performative politics, where performance too often eclipses public service. Governing often comes second to going viral. The incentive is no longer to solve problems but to […]
Germany has found a convenient way to cut healthcare costs: send the bill for medical innovation to the United States. Under a new policy, Germany will tighten its already aggressive controls on what drugmakers can charge for innovative medicines. The result is predictable: Germany will contribute even less toward the cost of developing new treatments […]
I’ve spent 30 years managing money for wealthy families, and every one of those years I’ve operated under fiduciary rules that would land me in front of the Securities and Exchange Commission if I traded ahead of information my clients didn’t have. That’s not a courtesy I extend. It’s the law. So, when the House […]
Americans frequently place house prices at the top of their lists of concerns when elections roll around. A new poll by the Hispanic Leadership Fund found that voters overwhelmingly want to kill fees associated with refinancing a mortgage. The poll, which the Washington Examiner can exclusively report, finds that 90% of voters support reducing title […]