Category: Economics

Editor’s note: A version of this article first appeared at Forbes.com.

Drat! I’m bummed—saddened by the news that the Hostess company, home of the Twinkie and other venerable sugary snacks, is shutting down.

I’ll bet I haven’t eaten more …

Honesty is always the best policy because when you’re fooling yourself you’re not fooling anyone else. The recent election should have been a wake-up call for everyone committed to the traditional principles of our great Republic: constitutionally limited government, …

Returning home after two months on the road touring the country singing, speaking, writing and campaigning to defeat Obama, I felt similar to a heartbroken soldier after losing a war. I trust God, but in all candor, I felt emotionally …

According to the latest economic data (here, here, here, & here) the U.S. may be slipping back into recession. Officially, the recession has been over three years. The White House announcedin June 2009 that America is in …

On Election Day millions will cast their votes. Whether it’s a second term for Barack Obama or a first term for Mitt Romney please understand this. Our nation’s financial future hangs in the balance.

We’re $16 trillion in debt. …

The U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) has just announced that GDP grew at a rate of 2 percent during the last three months. Keynesians like Paul Krugman should be happy, and the so-called “market monetarists” like Scott Sumner should …

Soon America will make its decision about what kind of nation we want to be, and hopefully President Obama can start planning what kind of post presidency he’s going to have. Will we go back to constitutional republicanism with its …

President Obama’s pamphlet, “A Plan For Jobs & Middle-Class Security,” has been laughed off as a flimsy collection of dubious boasts and campaign buzzwords, but there’s one claim in it that deserves more attention. Among the seven bullet points in …

No, this isn’t another rant about illegals clogging 7/11 parking lots. This time it’s alien plants clogging Quantico Creek.

Recently Dumfries Mayor Jerry Foreman, Del. Mark Dudenhefer (R–2nd), Supervisor Maureen Caddigan, and Dumfries Councilmember Helen Reynolds took a pontoon boat …

This Administration falsely blames the high cost of healthcare on the American people. They smoke, they drink, they eat too many fatty foods, and they’re fat and lazy, with scheduled form of exercise. This is truly a hilarious act of …

“Osama bin Laden is dead and General Motors is alive.” [Vice-President Joe Biden addressing the Democrat National Committee convention on September 5, 2012 in Charlotte, North Carolina.]

Happy days are here again! After four years of trying, unemployment finally dropped below the rate considered to spell doom for President Obama. That rate would be 8%. There were orgasms of joy when it was announced …

The single biggest employment gain in U.S. history occurred in June 1983: 900,000. The Reagan economy was starting to roar. The GDP grew at a staggering 9.3% rate.

Many hard questions have been raised in response to the Federal Reserve’s decision to embark on open-ended bond buying or quantitative easing (“QE”). Can we afford it? Will it create jobs? Will the decision undermine the Fed’s long-term credibility? Few …

It seems the survival of the Romney candidacy boils down to the up-coming debates. His election spells whether or not conservatism will survive as a philosophy in the United States. Unfortunately, whether he is victorious or not, old conservatism will …