Civility in Claremont

by | Mar 5, 2021 | Civility

John Neiuber at The Claremont Courier: Over the past several years it has been difficult at times to identify what the “one” is out of many. Deep divides have been created. Polarization is the new normal. Each side must win. Compromise appears to be a forgotten word,...

The Cost of Protectionism

by | Mar 4, 2021 | Economic Policy, Trade

Phil Gramm and Pat Toomey at WSJ: While manufacturing jobs declined from 32% of total employment in 1953 to 8.7% in 2015, manufacturing as a share of real gross domestic product has remained virtually constant due to increases in productivity. As Mr. Trump found when...

Fiscal Debt, Idea Deficit

by | Mar 2, 2021 | Congress, Debt, Economic Policy

Jonathan Bydlak at LegBranch.org: [As] we come out of the economic and public health hellscape of the last year, the potential for a new crisis is beginning to rear its ugly head. The haunting fiscal picture that the coronavirus has left in its wake was summarized in...

Bleak House

by | Mar 1, 2021 | Congress, House of Representatives

Kevin Kosar interviews Don Wolfensberger, who concludes with this bleak assessment of House rules: I think once the leadership has gained this kind of control, unless you have a major revolt, as you did against Cannon way back in 1910, things are going to stay pretty...