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
Why Did “60 Minutes” Celebrate Discredited Climate Alarmist Paul Ehrlich?
By Timothy H. Lee
Thursday, January 05 2023
If the name Paul Ehrlich doesn’t ring a bell, it should.  With the possible exception of Al Gore, Ehrlich is the most humiliatingly and repeatedly discredited environmental doomsayer in the world, with over five decades of predictions contradicted by actual events.   The fact that climate extremists nevertheless consider Ehrlich a hero in good standing tells you all you need to know about the legitimacy of their movement and recycled alarms.  It’s not about “science” or addressing legitimate environmental concerns, it’s about maintaining political…
 
The Coup We Never Knew
Did someone or something seize control of the United States? What happened to the U.S. border? Where…
Read more...
China's Deadly Lies About COVID
The only thing not going viral in China is the truth. Chinese officials are spewing lies to cover up…
Read more...
 
Remember the Hysteria Over Trump's Tax Returns?
On Dec. 30, as Washington shut down for the Christmas-New Year holidays and Republicans prepared to take…
Read more...
Will Joe Biden Follow One Objectionable FERC Nomination with Another?
When it comes to nominating the next Chair for the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), Joe Biden…
Read more...
 
Yikes! Life Is Getting Shorter in America
It's one thing when government raises your taxes, suffocates your business with regulations or censors…
Read more...
For Jan. 6 Committee, Time for Transparency Is Running Out
Republicans take control of the House of Representatives in one week. When that happens, the Jan. 6 committee…
Read more...
 
Are Universities Doomed?
In a famous exchange in the The Sun Also Rises, Ernest Hemingway wrote: "How did you go bankrupt?"…
Read more...
CFIF Christmas Quiz
Take our 12-Question Christmas Quiz and test your knowledge of Christmas-related Americana. (The…
Read more...
 
Most Americans Don't Know How Bad the Border Crisis Is
This week could mark the most consequential development on the U.S.-Mexico border since January 2021…
Read more...
What's Biden Hiding?
2022 is about to end, and still no answer to the question: What caused the virus that's killed 1,096…
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?