OPINION

How capitalism gave consumers an exit.

Commentary Published reports suggest that China is inundating its citizens with stories that America is on the decline, inferring that the rest of this century is China’s for the taking. It would be wise for China to read up on global history: those who have mistaken America’s raucous domestic debates for weakness ...

Not all trillions—debts, valuations, investments—are created equal. Huge nominal numbers often obscure the institutions and incentives that produced them.

Commentary The recent Consumer Price Index (CPI) posted what seemed to be cooling numbers, granting a bit of relief to the fleeced masses. The release reported a monthly decrease of 0.4 percent in June after rising 0.5 percent in May. This decline in the all items index was the largest ...

Commentary By the fourth week of July 1776, the great question was no longer whether Britain would strike New York but when and where. The city’s strategic importance had been obvious for months. Now, British power in and around the harbor made that abstract judgment immediate.  More ships had arrived. ...

Commentary The institute for Family Studies recently released its 2026 report highlighting the decline of American fertility and how the lack of children will dramatically impact our nation, and the world, in the years ahead. Surveying more than 4,700 adults, the report finds that historical data shows that the United States is ...

Commentary Donald Trump’s evening speech last week covered the calamitous events from 2020 that we dare not forget, even if every effort is in play to impose amnesia on us. The networks refused to carry the speech. That’s for a reason. There is a conspiracy of silence. How long will ...

Commentary I have been thinking about the population of the planet, and I have a question that I am not sure we are allowed to ask: What if one of the most important numbers we repeat is one we have never really examined? The official estimate is somewhere around 8.2 ...

Commentary For approaching half a century, the world has borne witness as the Islamic Republic of Iran has, directly and through its terrorist proxies, murdered hundreds of Americans, thousands of Israelis, and tens of thousands of its own civilians, all the while maintaining a brazen and menacing march toward nuclear ...

Commentary Recently, I had an enlightening conversation with a retired investment professional who had spent decades managing regulated hedge fund portfolios. Throughout his career, he was responsible for managing institutional money, navigating numerous bull and bear markets, and making investment decisions under rigorous regulatory oversight. Although he has since retired, ...

While China and the United States vie for power globally, Beijing seems to have it in for Japan, and Tokyo has yet to responded fully.

Commentary The British Columbia Supreme Court recently ruled that the Cowichan v. Canada case—which in 2025 for the first time ever recognized aboriginal title over privately owned land—will not go to retrial, rejecting an application by Montrose Properties whose property title in Richmond (a suburb of Vancouver) was impacted by ...

 Commentary The visit of Lebanese President Joseph Aoun to Washington this week is a weathervane pointing toward a solidification of Arab policy behind closer ties with the United States, better relations with Israel, and unambiguous hostility towards the Islamic Republic of Iran. Lebanon is a tragic country. It was ancient ...