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Don’t Raise the Inflation Target

I agree with Jim on this. There’s an additional problem with raising the inflation target from 2 percent a year to 3 (or even 4, as some economists...

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National Review

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Birthrates and Immigration

MBD notes some of the practical reasons for doubting immigration as a solution to the problems caused by declining birth rates. But there’s another...

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The DSA vs. the Senate

In my column today, I mention that the Democratic Socialists of America have taken the official position that the Senate should be abolished. I should...

10.07.2026 2

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Sotomayor Slaughters Hamilton

In Trump v. Slaughter, handed down at the end of June, the Supreme Court ruled that because the Federal Trade Commission exercises executive powers,...

10.07.2026 5

National Review

Ramesh Ponnuru

What ‘Democratic Socialists’ Believe

Their candidates are downplaying the group’s extreme beliefs. Darializa Avila Chevalier, one of the victorious New Yorkers, has deleted social...

10.07.2026 5

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The DSA can’t hide its extremism

The DSA can’t hide its extremism
10.07.2026 20

Washington Post

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Debating the Top Ten Founders

A friend thinks our Independence Day edition of The Editors podcast praised John Adams insufficiently: I can’t believe the injustice y’all...

08.07.2026 2

National Review

Ramesh Ponnuru

More Left-Wing Obfuscation on Social Security

Max Richtman, the head of the “National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare” — which are in no danger of extinction — writes to...

01.07.2026 8

National Review

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The birthright citizenship ruling isn’t a catastrophe

30.06.2026 40

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Apocalypse Not

Agree or disagree with the Supreme Court’s decision on birthright citizenship today, it leaves the government with many ways to address the...

30.06.2026 4

National Review

Ramesh Ponnuru

The States and the Supreme Court: Devine’s Intervention

A core purpose of the Constitution was to protect national commerce from state governments. During the last century, however, the Supreme Court has...

30.06.2026 10

National Review

Ramesh Ponnuru

Greenspan vs. Bernanke

Marcus Nunes on what the late central banker got right and his successor(s) didn't: Tell [Greenspan] he ran a flexible nominal-GDP level target...

29.06.2026 8

National Review

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Trump’s Second-Year Slump

A year ago, President Trump was bulldozing his opposition. Now he’s facing setback after setback. My latest column asks what happened: [T]his...

29.06.2026 8

National Review

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Trump wanted to break the system. The system is breaking him instead.

29.06.2026 50

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Parents and the State

Writing against British bans on cigarettes and social media for young people — although the former will automatically expand to include every Briton...

23.06.2026 5

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A Few Things Senators Warren and Moreno Don’t Mention About Their Tax Proposal

In the New York Times, the Republican-Democratic duo talk up their plan to eliminate Social Security’s shortfall entirely through tax increases. A...

23.06.2026 10

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Why Taxing the Rich is the Wrong Answer for Social Security

The supposedly simple and easy solution to the program’s shortfall that progressives are selling would be a record-setting tax increase and further...

22.06.2026 10

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This absurd Social Security plan would take down progressives with it

17.06.2026 70

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The Stable States of Our Politics

In a recent column, I noted that for all the upheaval of the 21st century, 43 states voted the for the same party’s presidential candidate in 2024...

12.06.2026 10

National Review

Ramesh Ponnuru

No, the Pope Isn’t a Pacifist

The best and most clarifying thing I’ve read about Magnifica Humanitas comes from Ed Feser, who isn’t trying to explain away anything Pope Leo...

12.06.2026 10

National Review

Ramesh Ponnuru

On Not Believing Platner

From my Washington Post column on the latest: Progressives, who went all in on “believe women” just a few years ago, have in many cases decided...

05.06.2026 10

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Platner is a strange reason for Democrats to dump moral standards

05.06.2026 10

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Enforcing Federalism — Against the States

Today’s Washington Post column looks at one of the motivations for the Constitution, and why it’s still relevant. Under the Articles of...

02.06.2026 10

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An astonishing interstate trade war is coming to the Supreme Court

02.06.2026 30

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Reading Around

Jonathan Chait on the antitrust obsessives remaking the Democratic party. Brian Albrecht on the failure of those obsessives’ theories. Yuval Levin...

27.05.2026 20

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An Autopsy on an Autopsy

I read the DNC report and wrote about it. High inflation harmed the Democratic Party more than any other issue in 2024. In a just-released...

23.05.2026 20

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The Democratic Party continues to misread America

23.05.2026 80

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Why Trump’s Conflict with the Pope Will Continue

From my column today: Pope Leo XIV and Secretary of State Marco Rubio were diplomatic after their recent meeting. But the conflict between the...

14.05.2026 10

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A rift between Pope Leo and the White House deepens

14.05.2026 50

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Argentine Inflation Is Still Much Too High

And this isn’t a complicated story: It’s because the money supply in Argentina keeps growing too fast. Scott Sumner: Milton Friedman famously said...

28.04.2026 20

National Review

Ramesh Ponnuru

Why the Supposedly Moderate Democratic Health Plan Won’t Fly Either

The Brownstein article I mentioned earlier notes that in Democratic primaries, the health-care debate pits advocates of single payer against...

17.04.2026 20

National Review

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Single Payer: The Fantasy Continues

Ronald Brownstein agrees with me both that single payer is coming back as a cause for Democrats and that it is politically perilous for them. I’d...

17.04.2026 10

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It’s Not Always About Trump

Some people are reading this line from Pope Leo XIV as a shot at President Trump: “Woe to those who manipulate religion in the very name of God for...

16.04.2026 20

National Review

Ramesh Ponnuru

Iran in the Shadow of the Iraq War

The Iran war is very different from the Iraq war. I mark some of the differences in my Washington Post column today. President George W. Bush was...

16.04.2026 20

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‘We have a smart president’: Iran war hawks need to think harder

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Treasury to Fed: ‘Wait and See’

The administration has, until now, been consistently (and I think unwisely) pushing for steep cuts in the interest rates that the Federal Reserve most...

14.04.2026 20

National Review

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Jacobin Confusion on Social Security

Debate over Social Security, scant though it is, usually and understandably focuses on its insolvency. I recently tried to call attention to some of...

10.04.2026 20

National Review

Ramesh Ponnuru

The Demographics of Democratic Candidates

Some Democrats have concluded from recent election results that they ought to nominate more heterosexual, Christian white men — and especially that...

03.04.2026 20

National Review

Ramesh Ponnuru

The International Criminal Court’s Double Standard

Eugene Kontorovich asks a good question: Shouldn’t the ICC be taking up Iran’s attacks on civilians? Some might say the ICC isn’t involved...

02.04.2026 20

National Review

Ramesh Ponnuru

The Passage of Oil and the Price of Oil

From last night’s speech: The United States imports almost no oil through the Hormuz Strait and won’t be taking any in the future. We don’t need...

02.04.2026 20

National Review

Ramesh Ponnuru

Trump’s Speech Didn’t Make the Case

Americans don’t need convincing that the Iranian regime is a menace. They need convincing that what President Trump is doing makes sense. Last...

02.04.2026 20

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Ramesh Ponnuru

Trump’s hall-of-mirrors speech

02.04.2026 30

Washington Post

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Birthright Citizenship: The Question of Intent

One of the most common arguments against the idea that the Constitution mandates birthright citizenship, even for the children of illegal immigrants,...

01.04.2026 20

National Review

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False Prophecies About Dobbs

When Dobbs came down, we were told that maternal mortality would increase and ob-gyns would run away from red states. Pro-abortion activists are still...

30.03.2026 20

National Review

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Christopher Caldwell vs. President Trump

A Chris Caldwell article is always a stimulating read, and that includes the new one that MBD has already flagged declaring the Trump movement over....

20.03.2026 30

National Review

Ramesh Ponnuru

The Return of Medicare for All

Several candidates from the left wing of the Democratic Party are running on the idea. In the Washington Post, I write that its deficiencies become...

20.03.2026 30

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Ramesh Ponnuru

A Republican Failure

I spoke on a panel hosted by Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America yesterday, and Frank Cannon, the organization’s chief political strategist, asked a...

20.03.2026 40

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Medicare-for-all makes a comeback

20.03.2026 50

Washington Post

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Talarico’s Nonbinary Nonsense

The comment of the Democrats’ Texas Senate nominee that has drawn the most flak is probably that “God is nonbinary.” He made the comment in a...

16.03.2026 50

National Review

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Poisonous Falsehood from Ramin Fatehi

Jim Geraghty subjects the chief prosecutor for Norfolk to well-deserved criticism for his rant yesterday about how “we live in a country where...

13.03.2026 50

National Review

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