economy
College Students Prefer Socialism, But How Long Will That Last?
People criticize capitalism. A recent Axios-Generation poll says, “College students prefer socialism to capitalism.” Why? Because they believe absurd myths. Like the claim that the Soviet Union “wasn’t real socialism.”…
Congress Should Prioritize American Graduates Over Foreign Ones
Young American college graduates are getting a raw deal. The unemployment rate for recent college graduates, aged 20 to 24 years, reached 9.3% in August 2025, according to Forbes. For comparison, older college graduates, aged…
Stock market up for the year
From CNBC, S&P 500 closes lower Wednesday, but wraps 2025 with a 16% gain. To me, 16 percent sounds like a lot. I’ve been saying for more than a year that this could be the beginning of a new Golden Age, if only we’d…
Californian Destroys State’s Wildfires Response
In a podcast episode for the upcoming one-year anniversary of the California wildfires, Palisades resident Elaine Culotti lays out the state’s inept response and how the outrage over it is bipartisan. Editor’s note: This is a…
The big lesson of the 2020s? Don’t ignore the economists.
The 2020s, so far, have been one long and often painful lesson in what happens when policymakers tell economists to shut up and go away. From the COVID-19 pandemic through Bidenflation and onto the Trump 2.0 trade wars, each…
On Strategic Minerals, the Left Is Catching On
For years, we have been writing about the fact that China’s dominance of critical mineral mining and, especially, processing is a threat to our national security. It is also a scandal: we have plenty of minerals in the…
Minnesota Fraud Almost as Much as Entire Somalia GDP
DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—The amount of fraudulent billing in Minnesota’s Medicaid programs could be as high as $9 billion, Assistant United States Attorney Joe Thompson said Dec. 18. FBI Director Kash Patel announced the…
Why I’m Tired of Mitt Romney’s ‘Fake Magnanimity’
In this episode of “Victor Davis Hanson: In His Own Words,” Victor Davis Hanson and Jack Fowler take on the “fake magnanimity” of billionaires like Mitt Romney and Warren Buffett suggesting they pay more taxes. Editor’s note:…
The Most Overlooked Holiday Miracle: Abundance
The Christmas season is a time to reflect on what we have, which includes the kind of society that has made countless blessings possible. The warmth, security, and generosity that many Americans experience during the holidays…
A Wall Street Christmas | Power Line
It’s a Christmas miracle. From CNBC, S&P 500 closes at another fresh record in holiday-shortened session. For the second day in a row, the market finished at a record high, just below an intraday all-time record. CNBC…
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