Democrats hope to press the "affordability" issue in this year's midterm election season, but there'…
CFIF on X CFIF on YouTube
Inflation: Comparing Trump and Biden...

Democrats hope to press the "affordability" issue in this year's midterm election season, but there's one potentially glaring problem for them, as illustrated by our friends at Unleash Prosperity... Biden Versus Trump on Inflation

 …[more]

August 17, 2026 • 04:40 PM
CFIF’s latest news, commentary and alerts delivered to your inbox.
Sign Up
MAGA – Making the Army Great Again
By Timothy H. Lee
Thursday, February 13 2025
President Theodore Roosevelt famously captured his foreign policy approach with the adage, “Speak softly and carry a big stick.”   President Donald Trump, in stark contrast, pursues his foreign policy agenda by speaking loudly while also wielding a big stick.   Under either approach, an effective United States foreign policy requires an effective “big stick” to back up any president’s rhetoric, whether sotto voce or voce alta.   With that in mind, the year 2025 has already brought an encouraging reversal of recent trends with the announcement…
 
The Upside, Risks and Limits of DOGE
America's debt crisis is no longer a distant concern; it's an immediate threat with immediate consequences.…
Read more...
The Biden Economic Hangover
Former President Joe Biden left a terrible legacy: the border catastrophe, chaos and disorder abroad…
Read more...
 
Birthright Citizenship Excluded Illegals From Day One
Get ready for a Supreme Court showdown over President Donald Trump's challenge to birthright citizenship – the…
Read more...
If You Really Support Immigration, Stop Excusing Chaos
Celebrity Selena Gomez recently posted, and then quickly deleted, a video of herself sobbing uncontrollably…
Read more...
 
Another Important Judicial Victory for 2nd Amendment Rights
In one sense, it’s sad commentary that it required a federal appellate court to confirm that the…
Read more...
Personnel Is Policy: Hassett Brings Fiscal Responsibility to the White House
The fate of President Donald Trump's ambitious economic policy plans will be determined by the people…
Read more...
 
America's 21st-Century Sputnik Moment Has Arrived
Just how much longer will American parents, their kids, business leaders and the political class tolerate…
Read more...
Government Conceals Which Airports Are Most at Risk
Federal investigators have recovered the black boxes from the passenger jet that crashed into the Potomac…
Read more...
 
An Alarmingly Narrow House Majority
It's a truism that it is extremely difficult to govern with a tiny majority in the House of Representatives.…
Read more...
Trump's Gaza Proposal Makes Complete Sense
President Donald Trump recently floated a fantastic idea: Arab nations, he said, should accept large…
Read more...
Notable Quote   
 
"As last week's midterms demonstrated, young people appear poised to drive American politics, and particularly the Democratic Party, further to the left. This is particularly true in big cities. New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani was elected last year with crucial support from younger voters, while in Los Angeles, preelection surveys showed democratic socialist (and now Mayor-elect) Nithya Raman leading…[more]
 
 
— Joel Kotkin, Presidential Fellow in Urban Futures at Chapman University and Senior Research Fellow at the Civitas Institute
 
Liberty Poll   

Despite Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang's reckless personal behavior, should any adult following the strategic importance of international chip wars believe China has not had access for some time?