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I came home one day, and my boy Coleman and his pal Adam were downstairs in the basement playing the Madden football video game. I could hear... Read More

But the drama isn’t over yet. To end the threat of the default, the bill needs to make it through Congress. Read More

You’d expect the stock market to surge after the White House and House Republicans reached a tentative deal to raise the debt ceiling, But... Read More

Credit ratings agencies are entitled to their opinions, but don’t overrate the effect on government borrowing costs. Read More

The rich won't be hurt a bit by the Biden/McCarthy debt ceiling deal. It's the poor who will pay. That was Republicans' priority all along. Read More

A society without dissenters and contrarians not only lacks color and vibrance, it is accelerating toward a wreck. Read More

Money in circulation is always and everywhere a consequence of production. Read More

"A large portion of the gap (but not all of it) is due to unique features of American life that are unrelated to health care services." ~... Read More

Last week, the Los Angeles Dodgers canceled plans to honor Sisters of Indulgence, a group of “queer and trans nuns” at their upcoming... Read More

Retirement plan administrators are noting an uptick in hardship withdrawals. But taking that money out can harm your future financial... Read More

Outrageous! Taxpayers will pay Randi Weingarten a pension because government cut special deals with unions … even though she hasn’t... Read More

Ranked 12th in per capita energy consumption in 2021, South Korea uses more than three times the global average. The country's industrial... Read More

The president and his critics agree that the free trade era is over in Washington. They just aren’t sure what comes next. Read More

But the economy should remain resilient to banking sector distress. Read More

The West's imperial lifecycle is drawing to a close Read More

Some readers may disagree, but to visit Amsterdam is to be struck by its seediness. The view here is that the latter is driven by the... Read More

Medical Properties Trust spent billions buying community hospitals in bewildering deals that made private equity rich and working-class towns... Read More

Modern Americans should not pay for past crimes Read More

David is joined by Jeremy Tedesco of ADF’s Viewpoint Diversity Initiative. They talk about David’s recent battle with JP Morgan to do the... Read More

Playing with Star Wars Lego made them famous. Then an ominous crime drove them apart. Read More

Robert Skidelsky worries that even elected governments will appropriate emerging technologies in the name of national security. Read More

Sherry-Lehmann, a longtime purveyor of luxury wines, owes New York State $2.8 million in unpaid sales taxes — and its customers an... Read More

Recent years have witnessed a transformation in California politics. Scrambling to be seen as leaders on housing policy, state lawmakers have... Read More

In 1945, an American officer pilfered valuable pieces from Germany's most important art collection and sent them to Texas, setting off a long... Read More

Betting scandals in college sports and other woes from a rapid rise in legalized gambling on athletics push New Jersey to weigh teaching... Read More