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Marching to a Federal Debt Crisis
Canada escaped a similar debt spiral in the 1990s as a left-of-center government imposed and sustained sharp spending cuts. We can and should do that here, now, yet virtually all members of Congress appear uninterested in reform.
Misleading Project Veritas Accusations of Google “Bias” Could Prompt Bad Law
The Senate’s Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on The Constitution will hold a hearing on Google’s alleged anti-conservative bias and “censorship.”
Are Free Trade’s Best Days Behind Us?
How Liberals Learned to Love Federalism
Congress Needs to Settle the Looming Cannabis-Regulation Fight
Illegal Immigrants – and Other Non-Citizens – Should Not Receive Government Healthcare
Let’s not build public support for reducing legal immigration, or increase reluctance to expand it, by extending government health care, at enormous public cost, to people who don’t need it.
How the Private Sector, Not Big Government, Can End the Student Debt Crisis
Policymakers should embrace an entrepreneurial spirit, and encourage states and regions to experiment with private programs tailored to fit their unique needs.
Blacklisting Huawei Could Cost Trillions, so Let’s Look Before We Leap