By Andy Kessler – A superb short lesson in basic economics Read More
Congress Can’t Enact a Chicken A
Copyright ©2021 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
(A) Social Policy, Transfers and Entitlements
- Education, Culture, Ideology
- Immigration
- (A) Constitutional Issues, Federalism, Federal Agencies and Administrative Law
- (A) Energy and Environmental Policy
- (A) Fiscal Policy
- (A) Monetary Policy
- (A) National Defense and Foreign Policy
- (A) Politics, Political Parties, Election Regulations
- (A) Science, Technology and Innovation
- (A) Social Policy, Transfers and Entitlements
- (B) Constitutional Issues, Federalism, Federal Agencies and Administrative Law
- (B) Energy and Environmental Policy
- (B) Fiscal Policy
- (B) Monetary Policy
- (B) National Defense and Foreign Policy
- (B) Politics, Political Parties, Election Regulations
- (B) Science, Technology and Innovation
- (B) Social Policy, Transfers and Entitlements
- (Foundational) Constitutional Issues, Federalism, Federal Agencies and Administrative Law
- (Foundational) Energy and Environmental Policy
- (Foundational) Fiscal Policy
- (Foundational) Monetary Policy
- (Foundational) National Defense and Foreign Policy
- (Foundational) Politics, Political Parties, Election Regulations
- (Foundational) Science, Technology and Innovation
- (Foundational) Social Policy, Transfers and Entitlements
Opening Our Borders Would Overwhelm America
Copyright ©2021 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
By Dave Seminara – Rolling surveys conducted by Gallup … estimated that 640 million people wanted to emigrate, with the U.S. being the desired destination for 150 million. …If the U.S. loosened visa restrictions… we’d see the largest mass movement in human history. It would be an epic economic and environmental catastrophe. Read More
It’s the Entitlements, Stupid A
Copyright ©2021 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
By The Editorial Board – The Wall Street Journal – Sen. Joe Manchin’s public support Sunday for at least $2 trillion in new spending in a partisan budget bill is a huge win for the political left. This means a giant tax-and-spend bill this year is likely, and the biggest expansion of the entitlement state since the 1960s is now possible.
The entitlements are by far the biggest long-term economic threat from the Biden agenda. Tax increases can be repealed by a future Congress. Spending on infrastructure will slow as funding falls. The courts may block his racial preferences. But entitlements that spend automatically based on eligibility are nearly impossible to repeal, or even reform, and they represent a huge tax-and-spend wedge far into the future.
The media won’t talk about this, and Republicans are so far missing in action. But Americans need to understand the stakes. Read More
Battle Over Critical Race Theory AA
Copyright ©2021 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
By Christopher F. Rufo – Critical race theory is the latest battleground in the culture war. … key concepts, including “systemic racism,” “white privilege,” … have become ubiquitous in America’s elite institutions. Progressive politicians have sought to implement “antiracist” policies to reduce racial disparities, such as minorities-only income… Read More
The Democrats’ Refounding of America AA
Copyright ©2020 Dow Jones & Company, Inc.
By Christopher Caldwell – …In this view, the civil rights movement wasn’t just a reform but a refounding….The real political legacy of the 1960s comes from the Civil Rights Act of 1964….…The new law cut constitutional corners, constraining freedom of association, … drawing the federal government into the running of local elections. It opened the door to new kinds of lawsuits: The U.S. attorney general, for instance, could now file discrimination suits against local school districts. It imposed a degree of federal management on all institutions that received federal money. And it created a vast investigative infrastructure through the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission… Read More
These excerpts are included to illustrate how the left is transforming our culture, our politics, and our society by outflanking the democratic process through the courts.