Washington’s response to President Trump’s declaration of a national emergency over immigration has been hypocrisy as usual—and a lot of what you’ve heard about the matter is wrong. For many years Congress has been handing over power to the president and the agencies of the administrative state. Lawmakers are...
Dividend Stocks Step Forward Again
Dividend stocks are looking more attractive than they have in a while. It’s a question of playing defense, given the current environment of economic, market and political uncertainty. “We’re actually buying a lot more dividend stocks now,” says David Carter, chief investment officer at wealth-management firm Lenox Wealth Advisors...
A Math Term Bent to Political Purposes (INFLECTION)
WHEN CALIFORNIA Sen. Kamala Harris kicked off her campaign for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination with. a rally in Oakland last month, she told the crowd, “We are at an inflection point in the history of our nation.” In a tweet before the current president’s recent State of the...
The Next Tax Revolution?
New Democratic proposals aim to overhaul the tax system in the name of fighting inequality, but history suggests that big hikes win support only in times of national crisis. By Richard Rubin Emboldened Democrats are pressing for a top rate of 77% on estates and 70% on income over...
National Debt Tops $22,000,000,000,000
Here’s what you should know either you should be worried about the country’s situation. The government surpassed a dubious milestone recently: Its debt topped $22 trillion — that’s trillion, with a “t” – for the first time. Piles of federal debt have been growing ever higher for yes, fueled...
Nickel-and-Diming Democrats
From coast to coast, they’re taxing anything that moves. Democrats claim they will pay for their cradle-to-grave welfare state by soaking the rich but progressive states are now graciously showing that they will eventually try to dun everyone. Witness how Democrats are nickel-and-diming taxpayers like budget airlines without the...
I Had No Idea l Was Having a Heart Attack
A retired cardiac-care nurse didn’t recognize her own symptoms which are different for women. Neither did the first res-ponders. It’s a problem that can have fatal consequences. On a sunny day in Bellevue, Wash., in June 2011, I had just completed a workout class when I experienced a bizarre...
SPEAR-O Wigwam Cost Sheridan College Millions
Unclear whether college contract proper Re: Spear-0 caretakers Sheridan College purchased the old Spear-0 Wigwam Ranch. The ranch is located on leased land in the Bighorn National Forest. The purchase cost was $650,000. This mountain campus was envisioned as a revenue-generating facility. Since 2011, the campus has achieved $289,502...
The FBI’s Trump Panic
McCabe reveals how officials contemplated a bureaucratic coup. The American people have largely taken the disruptive Trump Presidency in stride, going about their lives and expressing their approval or not the constitutional way-at the ballot box. The same can’t be said for many of the country’s panicked elites, as...
Funds for Wall Likely to Spark Conflicts
President Trump’s proposal to move billions of dollars from military spending and drug interdiction to fund the construction of 234 miles of barriers on the southern border sets up two new conflicts: One over where the money is coming from, and one over where it might go. Acting White...