When revenue shrinks by 1% of GDP and spending increases by 51% over 10 months, you get a $2.8 trillion deficit. That figure, according to the Congressional Budget Office, is significantly larger than the deficit Uncle Sam accumulated over the first 10 months of 2019. Yet, many in Congress ...
Dear Annie: We’re a group of about 10 over-60 high school friends who get together for brunch or dinner annually around Christmastime. “Ronnie” will always make the reservations, send out the details and grab the check. She’ll simply divide for the number and ask everyone for that ...
Black Lives Matter
protests led many
people to want
to do something useful to
reduce racial injustice. Racial
justice groups are being
flooded with money.
Big companies made
multimillion-dollar donations.
“Bad idea,” says Black
radio host Larry Elder in my
new ...
America has witnessed
months
of civil unrest
in cities around America
following the death of
George Floyd in Minneapolis.
Many of the protesters
decry income and net worth
“inequality.” But the most
serious “inequality” is the
unequal percentage of fathers
in Black ...
With the announcement of Sen. Kamala Harris as Joe Biden’s vice presidential pick, Democrats and the press would have us believe she is a safe, moderate choice. They would have us believe that Harris is pragmatic, to the right of Sen. Elizabeth Warren and grounded in the establishment — ...
Dear Annie: You’ve probably heard this story a hundred times before. One of my daughters is in an abusive marriage. It is not physical but verbal abuse. Her husband is incredibly controlling: My daughter has no access to money or even mail. She has no freedom of choice in what she does, and ...