A problem that has existed for far too long is one where people look down with disdain on individuals who work with their hands. This problem began in the 60s and 70s when it was said that for a young person to get ahead and to do well that they must go to college and […]

There is economic life after coal, and the sooner America’s coal country concedes that coal as a power source is about dead, the sooner it can move on to better days. This is the reality of coal. It’s on the way out whether President Donald Trump “digs” it or not. Major U.S. coal companies are […]

Barack Obama and Donald Trump are diametrically opposed figures, representing the categorical rejection of the other for his supporters, yet they share significant foreign-policy DNA. They both defined themselves in opposition to George W. Bush’s foreign policy. Obama probably wouldn’t have defeated Hillary Clinton for the 2008 Democratic nomination if she hadn’t voted for the […]

WASHINGTON — We’ve seen this movie before. The top economists at the International Monetary Fund — the global agency created after World War II to promote stability and growth in the world economy — unveil their latest forecast, which is almost always weaker than its previous forecast. The economists hold out the possibility that world […]

With the goals of halting human rights abuse and deterring corruption, the U.S. Treasury Department and State Department now routinely impose assorted financial, travel and legal sanctions that target specific “perpetrators of serious human rights abuse and corruption” — individual bad actors and organizations (entities) the thugs and scumbags manipulate. Earlier this year, I was […]

The beam from his flashlight reflects off the glass, so we can’t see what he saw. But in a sense, we don’t need to see what Fort Worth police officer Aaron Dean saw to know what he saw, peering through that window. He saw something fearsome, a threat to life and limb. All this in […]

On a recent “Saturday Night Live,” Bernie Sanders (played by Larry David) exclaimed, “l’m so excited to be back and to ruin things a second time.” The audience emitted a nervous laugh. The Vermont senator’s fan base takes great offense at the notion that Sanders was a spoiler in the 2016 election who helped elect […]

Since America’s colonial days the press has been a target of those who believe journalists have a point of view that shapes their reporting. There have been numerous articles and studies revealing a journalistic predisposition to opinions and subjects that reinforce liberal points of view. Now comes an excellent critique from World Magazine editor Marvin […]

There’s a brewing constitutional crisis, and it is the Elizabeth Warren surge in the Democratic primaries. Should the Massachusetts senator become president of the United States, she will undertake a historic bout of federal activism unmoored from any serious consideration of constitutional constraints. This would far exceed the current “constitutional crisis” over the Ukraine controversy. […]