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America Needs Permitting Reform — With No Gimmicks

America Needs Permitting Reform — With No Gimmicks

America has forgotten how to build, courtesy of a Byzantine permitting process that delays projects for years and often kills them altogether. A new...

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Common-Sense Student Loan Reform Is Finally Coming

Common-Sense Student Loan Reform Is Finally Coming

Student loans have been a noose around the neck of many college grads for years, but the Department of Education is enacting reforms to help prevent...

02.10.2026 8

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What’s Really Behind the Call to Regulate AI

The oligarchs of artificial intelligence are tearing a page from the Wall Street industrial complex, lobbying to turn AI over to regulators who will...

24.09.2026 50

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A Diesel Export Ban Won’t Solve Our Fuel Crisis

Politicians on both sides of the aisle claim there’s a quick fix to stratospheric diesel prices: an export ban. It seems intuitive that if diesel...

23.09.2026 10

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California Risks Killing the Golden Goose With Proposition 40

This November, California voters will choose whether to implement Proposition 40, a one-time 5% wealth tax on billionaires to fund a failing health...

21.09.2026 10

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Pulling the Plug on Bidenomics’ War on Affordable Power

Under President Biden, Washington spent four years making affordable electricity more difficult to produce, and the result was higher prices for...

17.09.2026 10

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August Jobs Report Hits It Out of the Park

The labor market was in far better shape in August than experts had forecasted. Not only did the headline on the monthly jobs report show 162,000 jobs...

08.09.2026 10

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Only a Token Difference: Treating Cryptocurrencies Differently Makes No Sense

Cryptocurrencies like stablecoins have left many in the financial world, from major banks to customers, scratching their heads. It’s not just...

08.09.2026 10

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America Wins in Venezuela While China and Canada Lose

In a January Townhall column, I argued that the Venezuela operation was a win for America and a loss for China and Canada. Friday's announcement...

01.09.2026 10

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Tariff the Chinese Cargo Ship, Not the American Consignment Shop

Affordability is top of mind for millions of Americans today, so it’s good to see the Trump administration adapting its tariff strategy to minimize...

17.08.2026 10

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If It’s Good Enough for Wartime, It’s Good Enough for Peacetime

Since the re-escalation of the war with Iran, energy prices have zoomed higher again, straining families’ finances. The national average for...

26.07.2026 20

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June's Inflation Relief Was a Peace Dividend

American families finally saw some financial relief in June as prices at the pump fell. Those lower fuel prices pulled down the consumer price index...

17.07.2026 20

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OPEC’s Grip Slips on Production and Prices

Back in April, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) announced it would leave the world’s largest oil cartel. As I explained in a previous column, this was...

10.07.2026 30

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The Highway to Hell Bill That’ll Raise Costs for Families

After years of soaring costs and an affordability crisis, the last thing Americans need is a bloated highway bill that wastes taxpayers’ dollars...

01.07.2026 30

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Energy Commission Moves to Lower Prices for Americans

American families have been paying higher energy prices in the wake of the war in Iran, but one government agency is looking to fast-track relief...

15.06.2026 20

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The Trump Administration Is Cutting College Costs

Colleges are cutting tuition for MBA programs. But it’s not out of charity or because they got another taxpayer-funded subsidy to “fix”...

21.05.2026 40

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The OPEC Cartel Crackup

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) shocked the world on Tuesday when it announced that it’d be leaving the world’s largest oil cartel this week. While...

28.04.2026 30

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Big Beautiful Tax Returns Are Keeping Consumers Afloat

While families struggle with high gas prices in the wake of the Iran war, many American workers are getting help this year from an unlikely place: the...

13.04.2026 30

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A Tariff Ceasefire in Time of War Would Help Everybody

Iran’s efforts to close the Strait of Hormuz have made gas prices rise to the point where they may threaten President Donald Trump’s affordability...

22.03.2026 30

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Why Are Americans Fleeing Blue States for Red States?

10.02.2026 50

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Less Than 1 Percent Inflation? Yes.

04.02.2026 50

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Will Trump Create an American Comeback After Biden’s Dismal Economy?

After a four-year economic bacchanalia, America was left with a cost-of-living crisis. Runaway government spending and overregulation pushed up prices...

19.01.2026 40

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How Canada’s Only Leverage Over America Disappeared in an Instant

Trump’s operation to capture Nicolás Maduro in the early hours of Jan. 3 was a title wave that changed global politics drastically. Not only was......

17.01.2026 40

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Talking Heads Are Missing Labor Market Strength

12.01.2026 50

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Venezuela Is a Win for America, a Loss for Canada

07.01.2026 90

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Trump’s Christmas Present: 4 Percent Growth

31.12.2025 50

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EJ Antoni on Affordability: ‘Keep Your Foot Down on the Throttle, Mr. President’

The new buzzword today seems to be affordability. Suddenly, the entire media has woken up to the fact that Americans are in a cost-of-living crisis,...

22.12.2025 30

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Retirement Accounts Come Roaring Back in 2025

19.12.2025 80

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Why the Labor Market Is Stronger Than Experts Think

17.12.2025 60

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Trump Targets Car Affordability With Regulatory Reform

08.12.2025 40

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How We Can Finally Overcome the Affordability Crisis

Disapproval of the state of the economy is widespread today, despite many indicators improving since the start of the year. The reality is that...

24.11.2025 30

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50-Year Mortgages Won’t Fix the Affordability Crisis

Bill Pulte, director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, recently floated the idea of offering people a 50-year mortgage instead of the more...

24.11.2025 30

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How to Fix the Broken BLS

14.11.2025 40

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Getting the Budget Back on Track With Trump

28.10.2025 50

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Trump’s Economy Is a Private-Sector Comeback

01.08.2025 40

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US-Japan Trade Deal Is a Masterpiece

25.07.2025 40

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Inflation Is Down Since January and Should Keep Improving

17.07.2025 40

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Back From the Brink: Trump’s Economy Soars Instead of Crashing

Many so-called experts predicted that President Donald Trump’s economic agenda would usher in an inflationary Armageddon. This projection was so...

14.07.2025 30

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Trump Hits a Home Run With June’s Job Report

10.07.2025 40

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