In the lead-up to the 2024 presidential election, a significant portion of Americans are keeping a close eye on the developments -- but a lot are already worn out.

President Joe Biden has taken hundreds of billions of dollars from taxpayers and given it to student loan holders, a desperate attempt to buy votes with your money. Now, the Justice Department is spending taxpayer dollars to buy a different voter bloc: Swifties. The DOJ’s antitrust lawsuit against Live Nation Entertainment is another election-year stunt.  […]

I first came across the theories of the Italian economist Mariana Mazzucato a few years ago during a debate with an anti-capitalist who argued that it was not Steve Jobs, but rather the government, that was responsible for inventing the iPhone, and that the same applied to all great inventions. Since I know the story […]

Financial markets are like small children: mercurial, impatient, and often petulant. Today, equity markets and the market for U.S. Treasurys are overly pessimistic about monetary policy by the Federal Reserve and the path of interest rates over the balance of the year. A few months ago, market participants believed that the Federal Reserve would cut […]

Earlier this month, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released a report showing there were 2,339 reported overdose deaths in Virginia from December 2022 to December 2023. Drug overdose is now the leading cause of unnatural death in the state. As fentanyl flows over our porous southern border, the drug is stealing the lives […]

What do the films Barbie and Oppenheimer have in common? Yes, they were both released in the summer of 2023 and did blockbuster business. The joke at the time was that the two movies were huge cultural events despite being totally different. Barbie explores the meaning of a doll. Oppenheimer reveals the mind and soul […]

All you need to know about the legacy news media is that they hate you and think you’re a moron. Once you get this, the rest falls into place.  Last week, New York Times writer and noted “man of the people” Paul Krugman wrote his umpteenth column accusing people of being confused about the state […]