Policy
Will Spanberger back Virginia Democrats’ right-to-work repeal?
Given its proximity to Washington, D.C., Virginia has long had a reputation for its off-year elections swinging to whatever political party does not control the White House. After four years of Republican Gov. Glenn…
Trump’s deals with Intel and others are a form of socialism
One danger of nationalism, Friedrich Hayek warned in 1960, was the "bridge" it provides "from conservatism to collectivism." "To think in terms of 'our' industry or resource," he wrote,…
Trump’s tariffs are making crafting supplies harder to get
Dana Chadwell founded Chattanooga Yarn Company three years ago. She envisioned "a place to find fine yarns for hand knitting and crochet, and a place to build community around yarn crafting." It's been…
Trump used Biden-era CHIPS Act funding for Intel deal
In March, President Donald Trump blasted the Creating Helpful Incentives to Produce Semiconductors (CHIPS) and Science Act of 2022. He called it "a horrible, horrible thing." Passed under President Joe Biden, the…
Trump’s China tariffs will likely drive up toy prices this Christmas
Santa Claus might be able to evade customs checkpoints as he magically smuggles toys into the country for the good boys and girls—but everyone else doing Christmas shopping this year could run into some problems. Thanks to…
Court ruling on vaccine mandates takes broad view of ‘public health’
Defending COVID-19 policies against legal challenges, government officials relied heavily on Jacobson v. Massachusetts, a 1905 case in which the U.S. Supreme Court upheld a smallpox vaccine mandate imposed by the Cambridge…
Was this most recent election actually an affordability election?
Conventional wisdom says that this most recent election—in which Zohran Mamdani was elected mayor of New York City, Mikie Sherrill was elected governor of New Jersey, and Abigail Spanberger was elected governor of…
Trump administration shifts away from ‘housing first’ homelessness policy
The Trump administration goes for huge homelessness policy shift: According to confidential grant-making plans first reported by The New York Times, the Trump administration will pivot away from the "housing first"…
Trump shouldn’t deport Cubans and Venezuelans to suffer under communism
"Under my administration, we have taken decisive action to stand with the good people of Cuba and Venezuela," President Donald Trump said at the White House in 2017. "The same failed communist ideology that has…
David Nasaw’s ‘The Wounded Generation’ examines the aftermath of the ‘good war’
The Wounded Generation: Coming Home After World War II, by David Nasaw, Penguin Random House, 496 pages, $35 "There wasn't any band there; there wasn't anybody greeting me except the girl that I had to while I…
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