Commentary

Shock: New York Times Begins 2018 Admitting Trump Economic Bump

By Timothy H. Lee
Thursday, January 04 2018

We experienced eight years of leftist economic policies under Barack Obama, and now a full year of deregulatory, low-tax economics under Donald Trump. So based upon the accumulated evidence, which one works? When even The New York Times can no longer deny the inescapable Trump Bump, you know that debate is over. On January 1, the Times began the year 2018 in a manner that must've been particularly painful: A wave of optimism has swept over American business leaders, and it is beginning to translate into the sort of investment in new plants, equipment and factory upgrades…

	Renters came out winners under the new tax law. For over a century, the federal tax code catered to homeowners…
	Read more...

Far From Disappearing, Dossier Investigation Intensifies

	House Intelligence Committee chairman Devin Nunes has issued a subpoena to David Kramer, a former State…
	Read more...

3 Things to Like About 2017

	This time of year, we pause to take stock of what happened in the year that has passed. Although there…
	Read more...

Beware: Obamacare Penalty Could Come Back

	The federal tax cut signed into law last week eliminates the federal penalty for not having health insurance…
	Read more...

Honoring 2017's Bulldogs

	There are talkers and doers, sowers of dissatisfaction seeds and agents of lasting change. Much of my…
	Read more...

Democrats Are Fooling Themselves About Tax Reform's Unpopularity

	According to political analysts, 2018 Democrats will use the just-passed tax reform as a way to argue…
	Read more...

North Korean Cyber Warfare: Focused On Money, Not Missiles

	Every time North Korea conducts a missile test, it understandably makes headlines around the world. While…
	Read more...

Google: "Do As We Say, Not As We Do"

	In recent months, dominant internet platforms like Google, Twitter and Facebook have experienced an identity…
	Read more...

CFIF Christmas Quiz

	Take our 12-Question Christmas Quiz and test your knowledge of Christmas-related Americana. (Answer…
	Read more...

To Deregulate America, Dump DC Bureaucrats

	Flanked by a towering 185,000 pages representing the federal regulatory code now and a short pile of…
	Read more...

More Commentary...

« Prev 181 182 183 184 185 186 187 188 189 190 Next »

Notable Quote

"Worries around artificial intelligence cross party lines, with the vast majority of Americans saying the U.S. government should prioritize keeping AI under human control and protecting workers.A new poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research finds that most Americans, 64%, think AI is developing 'too fast,' while 27% say its development has been 'about right' and only…[more]

— Barbara Ortutay and Linley Sanders, Associated Press

Liberty Poll