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The Bees Are Fine

The bee-population collapse was essentially solved in 2015. And market demand solved it.

A person points at a bee hive at Miller Honey Farms in Gackle, N.D., July 30, 2021.

More Evidence That Organized Labor Is Progressivism, and Progressivism Is Organized Labor

Even supposedly less political, ‘blue-collar’ unions regularly give big bucks to progressive causes.

United Auto Workers from Louisville, Ky., rally in support of striking UAW members in Detroit, Mich., September 15, 2023.
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Railroads Oppose Union-Backed Rule Regarding Crew Sizes

The Federal Railroad Administration’s years-long regulatory adventure into mandating the crew sizes of freight trains continues.

Burlington Northern Santa Fe trains at a rail yard in Cicero, Illinois, in 2009.
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Econception with Samuel Gregg on Industrial Policy

On the most recent episode of Econception, my podcast with the American Institute for Economic Research, I talked to Samuel Gregg about industrial policy.

Assembly line at the General Motors manufacturing plant in Spring Hill, Tenn., August 22, 2019.

A Sampler of Tax Day Commentary

Today is Tax Day, the holiday for publishing tax-related commentary.

The Connection between CHIPS and Solyndra Is Stronger Than You Might Think

13 years after the government wasted $500 million of the Solyndra boondoggle, the federal government is giving more than ten times as much to a company led by Solyndra’s former CEO.

President Joe Biden delivers remarks during a visit to TSMC AZ's first semiconductor fabrication plant in Phoenix, Ariz., December 6, 2022.

Another Real Pink Tax

Tariffs on women’s clothes are, on average, higher than tariffs on men’s clothes.

A customer shops at the TU clothing store inside a Sainsbury’s supermarket in Richmond, West London, February 21, 2024.

Elite Colleges Are Overrated

Money isn’t everything, but it is something.

People walk past Columbia University in New York City, October 30, 2023.

So Now J. D. Vance Cares about U.S. Steel Shareholders

J. D. Vance vs. J. D. Vance.

Senator J. D. Vance (R., Ohio) speaks during a Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee hearing in Washington, D.C., March 22, 2023.

Russians Are Persecuting Ukrainian Baptists, Church Leaders Tell Speaker Johnson

The reminder appears necessary in light of comments by Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene, who claims that Russia is ‘protecting’ Christians.

A member of the archcathedral of St. John the Baptist church community prays during the church service, near the Polish-Ukrainian border as people flee the Russian invasion of Ukraine, in Przemysl, Poland, March 13, 2022.

A Breakdown of the Biden Administration’s Student-Debt Plans

Debts should be repaid by the people who borrowed the money, not taxpayers. But this is an election year, so different rules apply.

President Joe Biden speaks as he announces a new plan for federal student loan relief during a visit to Madison Area Technical College Truax Campus in Madison, Wis., April 8, 2024.

The Wrong Reason to Kill a Stadium Project

At George Mason University, the whiners won.

Pro-Sports, Anti–Stadium Subsidies

Stadium subsidies are a bad deal for taxpayers.

Baseball fans stand during the national anthem before a game at Oriole Park at Camden Yards in Baltimore, Md., April 4, 2016.

Econception on How Trade Policy Is Made

A discussion about trade policy and who wins exemptions, protectionism for steel, and decentralized planning.

Trucks offload containers from ship at the port of Los Angeles Calif., July 16, 2018.

Bankman-Fried Learns the Hard Way That Stealing to Make the World Better Is Still Stealing

That he believed himself to have been doing good makes his criminal behavior worse.

Former FTX Chief Executive Sam Bankman-Fried, who faces fraud charges over the collapse of the bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange, arrives at Manhattan federal court in New York City, February 16, 2023.

Pete Buttigieg Is a Hack

Buttigieg lets people who actually know how transportation works answer the transportation questions and takes the partisan political tasks for himself.

Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg speaks during a press briefing the day after the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, at the White House in Washington, D.C., March 27, 2024.

$236 Billion in Improper Federal Payments in 2023, GAO Says

Just five government programs were responsible for most of these payments.

U.S. Capitol Building in Washington, D.C.

Republican Study Committee Budget Supports Ending Web Welfare

Letting the Affordable Connectivity Program expire is the right thing to do.

Rep. Kevin Hern (R., Okla.) departs after a House Republican candidates forum on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., October 23, 2023.

How First Responders Saved Lives before and after Baltimore Bridge Collapse

Even being able to rescue two of the workers in dark, cold water, 50 feet deep and strewn with mangled steel, is commendable. ‘Heroes’ is the right word here.

An emergency marine boat with divers works near the collapsed section of the Francis Scott Key Bridge, after the <i>Dali</i> cargo vessel crashed into it, in Baltimore, Md., March 27, 2024.

House Wants Answers on $127 Million in Pension Payments to Dead Teamsters Members

Even Teamsters president Sean O’Brien said improper payments should be returned.

Sean M. O’Brien, International Brotherhood of Teamsters general president, speaks during a Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., November 14, 2023.

Archivist Defends Constitution and Declaration against Vandals

It’s a relief to know these documents are in good hands.

Visitors view the Declaration of Independence at the National Archives in Washington, D.C., in 2013.

Biden’s Tax Cut for the Rich?

The administration’s proposed tax credits related to housing would mainly benefit people well above the median.

Bernie Sanders Is Wrong about Retirement Savings, Too

‘Sanders’s statements . . . are so inaccurate as to be irresponsible.’

Sen. Bernie Sanders addresses an audience during a rally in support of striking United Auto Workers members in Detroit, Mich., September 15, 2023.

Coffee-Shop Unions Aren’t as Popular as They Might Seem

The vast majority of American workers don’t want what organized labor is selling.

Members of the Starbucks Workers Union and other labor organizations picket and hold a rally outside a Starbucks store in New York City, November 16, 2023.

How Two Countries on the Same Island Get Vastly Different Economic Results

Explaining the tragedy of Haiti and the thriving of the Dominican Republic comes down to property rights and incentives.

Houses pack a hillside in the Jalousie district of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, February 3, 2023.

The FTC Agrees: Government Weakens the Baby-Formula Market

When government steps between customers and producers, price signals stop working as they should.

Shelves with baby formula at a Skippack Pharmacy in Schwenksville, Pa., June 2, 2022.

More Whittaker Chambers Content

More thoughts on Whittaker Chambers and wheat allotments.

Whittaker Chambers in 1948

Econception: Talking Chicken with Daniel Hannan

The latest episode of Econception, my podcast with the American Institute for Economic Research, dropped today. I talked to Daniel Hannan about why the chicken…

Cage-free hens at an egg farm in San Diego County, Calif., July 29, 2008.

Why Sector-Neutral Tax Reform Is Better Than Industrial Policy

Contrasting ‘supply-side orthodoxy’ with industrial policy.

Former Speaker of the House Paul Ryan at news conference announcing the passage of the "Tax Cuts and Jobs Act" at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., November 16, 2017
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