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Sorry, inflation still lives

Our friends on Wall Street and in Washington keep saying that inflation is vanquished as they hope—plead—for lower interest rates. Yet the...

The Constitution and government power 

Sept. 19 is Constitution Day by act of Congress in 2004. It supplanted Citizenship Day which had been set for Sept. 19 but I...

Rumblings of a blatantly political special session

INDIANAPOLIS — Here are what my informed and reliable Statehouse sources are telling me about President Donald J. Trump’s demand that Indiana...

What the immigration raids are about

When you think about the current political fight over immigration enforcement, start with this: There are millions...

The real lesson of the China Shock

A fantastically high share of our debate over economic policy involves a false lesson of the China...

The ignorance of Sen. Tim Kaine

Tim Kaine needs to report to a remedial civics class as soon as possible. 

The Socialist Presidency

In the past few weeks, President Trump has moved the U.S. closer to socialism than any president...

America is not in decline, but Trump and Sanders could change that

One great irony of our times is that the claims of economic decline that animate both the...

For frantic Dems, Trump bashing is the only game in town

The Democratic National Committee is holding its summer meeting in Minneapolis. There is a lot to talk...

‘Til death do us part

Angelkeep upon occasion has had to face animal death. Nature involves a life cycle which includes death...