George Mason University economist Tyler Cowen has just published a timely new book, “The Complacent Class: The Self-Defeating Quest for the American Dream.” Cowen’s message is that America is a nation that has lost its edge. Entrepreneurism and the willingness to take risks—key factors that once defined the American economy and made it the growth […]
Like a lot of conservatives who write about public policy, my views on climate change place me in the ranks of what the British writer Matt Ridley once dubbed the “lukewarmers.” Lukewarmers accept that the earth is warming and that our civilization’s ample CO2 emissions are a major cause. They doubt, however, that climate change […]
I know taking action can come with consequences to individuals, but inaction will come with profound consequences felt across our entire society.
Far too many Indiana families today struggle for economic stability.
Perhaps they need to look at their definition of student achievement.
We are standing on a stronger platform for improvement than many places.
Although the president is having popularity problems in the United States, he has a very deep level of support among the people I met in Saudi Arabia.
Some pundits insist we were idiots. But, actually, we won a huge policy victory.
Extreme overreactions might be causing those who were wary of Trump to come to his defense.
If support for RFRA had also been prevalent in the city of Indianapolis, I do not believe the largest tower in our skyline would have a Salesforce sign on it today.
Now, is the impeachment talk premature? I would say yes. But is the groundwork being laid for a constitutional crisis? Yes.
A Pence presidency would be good for Indiana. Make no doubt about it.
The implication? Those who are sick have themselves to blame.
The process of unearthing and sharing information can be as uncomfortable as it is critical to our democracy.
People generally don’t get rich working for someone else, but unfortunately, more and more people are working hard and staying poor.
You can’t increase wages significantly while also erasing the deficit.
Raising the minimum wage can not only save money on public health outcomes, it can literally save lives.
The minimum-wage rate was never intended to feed entire families or be a rate that one worked at his or her entire life.
We recently marked the completion of the first 100 days of the Trump administration. This milestone also coincides with a very important anniversary. Twenty-five years ago, on April 29, 1992, riots exploded in Los Angeles after four policemen were acquitted after being charged with the violent beating of Rodney King, caught on video for the […]
When George Shultz was secretary of state in the 1980s, he liked to carve out one hour each week for quiet reflection. He sat down in his office with a pad of paper and pen, closed the door and told his secretary to interrupt him only if one of two people called: “My wife or […]
