Former Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen is perhaps best remembered for repeatedly insisting that the persistent inflation plaguing the Biden administration was merely “transitory” — right up until the day she declared she was “ready to retire the word transitory.” Speaking at the Wall Street Journal’s CEO summit in December 2024, Yellen expressed regret over the […]

There’s still time for David Litt to revise his new book.  It’s Only Drowning: Learning to Surf and the Pursuit of Common Ground is scheduled for publication this June; Litt, a former speechwriter for former President Barack Obama, should make some necessary changes. As it stands now, It’s Only Drowning comes across as elitist, its ideas outdated amid the […]