Book Review: Ed Zwick's "Hits, Flops and Other Illusions"
The Calendar section in the Los Angeles Times used to be thick Monday through Saturday, and then near book-length on…
Category: Market Comments
The Path Forward From Tariff Uncertainty That Saps Ingenuity
With inflation surging, the Trump Administration’s August 1 tariffs hit already reeling American businesses. This round of tariffs – touching some…
Community Banks Don't Need Regulatory Favoritism, They Need Relief
Poor financial policies have destabilized community banking for too long with excessive regulation and insufficient relief. 2023 saw the highest…
Do We Still Really Need the Bureau of Labor Statistics?
The editor of RealClearMarkets, John Tamny, has a point. An important question to debate today should be: is the Bureau of…
Dear Conservatives: the Universities Didn't Do It, Neither Did Hollywood
What’s firstly puzzling about the right’s Ivy League and Ivy League-adjacent hatred, and the belief that so much of what…
If E.J. Antoni Is As Bad As His Critics Say, We All Win
Harvard professor Jason Furman says E.J. Antoni “is completely unqualified to be BLS Commissioner.” Furman’s view is the consensus, though…
Tragic Cases Are Gut Wrenching, While Frequently Perverting the Law
Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. famously said "hard cases make bad law." Few cases are harder than one where the plaintiff is…
To Empty the U.S.'s Borders, Legalize the Arrival of Workers
“Up north is where we’ve gotten the money for everything – to build houses, to take care of families, to…
It's Not True That the OBBBA Is 'Broadly Unpopular'
According to the national media, the Republican tax bill is widely disliked by the American public. A New York Times…
DEI Undermines Merit, Sows Division, Weakens Companies
The defenders of corporate diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs cannot stop twisting the truth. Their arguments are so flimsy…