Some of the most important things in history are things that didn’t happen–even though just about everyone thought they would. Recent example: Scads of liberals gleefully predicted that the financial ...

“People of the same trade seldom meet together,” warned Adam Smith 250 years ago, “even for merriment and diversion, but the conversation ends in a conspiracy against the public, or in some ...

The best way to gauge the success of American political movements is not by the depth to which they shape their native party, but the breadth to which they extend into the opposing side. By that ...

In 2024, the Biden administration killed a proposed merger between Spirit Airlines and JetBlue. If the two companies were to join forces, declared then-attorney general Merrick Garland, it would ...

Mark writes, “The American people are not feeling (at the moment, that is) the effects — the very real pain — of Big Government because they’re not paying Big Taxes.” Just because taxes don’t match ...

Mark Antonio Wright makes the essential point that the reason people keep voting for an expansive federal government is that they don’t have to bear its cost. “The American people are not feeling (at ...

President Trump and the Republicans in Congress insist that the election gave them a public mandate to massively reduce the federal government. They claim that the mass firings of government workers ...

This Pew Research Center analysis examines Americans’ views of problems facing the country. Pew Research Center conducts research to help the public, media and decision-makers understand important ...

Important policy issues are complex, characterized by many theoretical, philosophical, operations management, and practical features. One consequence is that their essential features are obscured, and ...

President Donald Trump’s 2026 “skinny budget” is out, and at first glance it gives small-government advocates reason to cheer. It proposes deep cuts to domestic agencies, calls for eliminating ...