Topic: column
Wheaton’s Way
I think I’ve cracked the case on why selfies became a thing and are still so popular. It means we have control of how...
Balko: Persecuted, then forbidden from talking about it
Imagine you were pursued for months by the government for crimes you did not commit – or for actions that, at worst, most people would not know were criminal.
Column: Notre Dame is more than a cultural landmark
More than a national icon or a touristic spot, cathedrals such as Notre Dame reveal their soul when they house singing and baptisms, confession and pardon, preaching and prayer.
Will: Socialism — a classification that no longer classifies
The “boldness” of today’s explicit and implicit socialists – taxing the “rich” – is a perennial temptation of democracy: inciting the majority to attack an unpopular minority. This is socialism now: From each faction according to its vulnerability, to each faction according to its ability to confiscate.
Rahn: A skilled hand with the US-Swiss mix
The Swiss have developed a very effective constitutional mechanism to restrain the ever-growing pressures (that all countries face) to increase the size of government that others should adopt.
China can help turn the lights on in Puerto Rico
With no resolution in sight, and roughly 70 percent of the island’s residents still without power, Puerto Rico should turn to companies with real expertise in repairing power grids in developing regions.
Time for Trump to embrace free trade
According to one study, 88 percent of manufacturing job losses are the result of improved productivity, not rapacious Chinese.
A new idea about Amelia Earhart
It is hard to believe that one of the most famous women in the world could walk away from a crash in a populated area, then vanish without anyone taking note. Very hard.
Rahn: When legal protections begin to disappear
Real rule of law only exists if the laws are few enough in number, clearly written as to be readily understood by those subject to them, and equally enforced.
Rahn: Economic forecasts appear to be fake, sloppy or unknowable
Richard W. Rahn
The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) projected that 21 million people would be enrolled in the Obamacare insurance exchanges by 2016, back when...
Free speech can get awkward
Pity the poor residents of Belle Plaine, Minnesota. They’re about to get a veterans memorial with satanic symbols in their public park – and it’s their own fault.
Bershidsky: Europe isn’t ready for new US bank rules
The U.S. may have gone too far in pushing the European banking industry to play by American rules. Justified or not, these efforts are causing a protectionist pushback that probably won’t do global finance any good.
US Congress plays games over Zika
When members of Congress visit their districts over the Memorial Day recess, we hope they keep in mind a warning from Tom Frieden, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Smith: Are automated lawyers coming?
Microeconomic theory gets little attention. The public usually only hears about macro, tax or labor economics - the things that affect day-to-day life. But deep within the stygian recesses of academia, bright mathematical minds are working on the economics of the next century.
Smith: There’s too much red tape (but only a little)
I’m very sympathetic to the idea that regulation holds back growth. It’s easy to look around and find examples of regulations that protect incumbent businesses at the expense of the consumer; for example, the laws that forbid car companies from selling directly consumers, creating a vast industry of middlemen.
Krauthammer: The coming train wreck
Yes, the big Wisconsin story is Ted Cruz’s crushing 13-point victory. And yes, it greatly improves his chances of denying Donald Trump a first-ballot convention victory, which may turn out to be Trump’s only path to the nomination.
