President Donald Trump’s broad-based tariffs on imported goods from Canada and Mexico have drawn support from some businesses that stand to benefit from the federal government artificially raising the prices of their competitors’ products. But Sen. Rand Paul (R–Ky.) is urging the president to listen to the many, many American businesses—as well as their employees and their customers—that will suffer because tariffs drive up operating costs. “I haven’t had a single business person or individual in my state […]

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America needs more rules to protect workers, say some from both parties. Sen. Josh Hawley (R–Mo.) wants more rules empowering unions. Former President Barack Obama’s Labor Secretary says there’s “no fairness, no equity, no concern for safety, no concern for children, even!” European countries, they say, have more laws protecting workers, and so “Europe is better.” That’s nonsense, says economist Sven Larson in my new video. He grew up in Sweden, but now says, “If you’re a worker, […]

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President Donald Trump’s trade war is spilling across the Atlantic, and his latest tariff threats might be the least defensible yet. In a Thursday morning post on Truth Social, Trump threatened to slap “a 200 percent tariff on all wines, Champagnes, & alcoholic products coming out of France and other E.U. represented countries.” That’s in retaliation to the European Union’s decision earlier this week to place new 50 percent tariffs on American whiskey, bourbon, and a variety of […]

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In 2019, the Nevada System of Higher Education decided that students who needed remedial math instruction could receive it at the same time they were taking college-level math courses instead of completing it as a prerequisite. In response to that new “co-requisite” policy, the math department at Truckee Meadows Community College (TMMC) decided to make its courses less rigorous. Those changes did not sit well with math professor Lars Jensen, who criticized them in two emails to TMCC […]

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The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) draws two extreme reactions from budget-focused observers. On one side, you have cynics rolling their eyes and arguing that the truly consequential problem is not overpriced government boondoggles but rather entitlements like Medicare and Social Security and interest on the national debt. On the other, you have optimists who believe that if we just find and eliminate enough waste, fraud, and abuse, we can balance the budget—unless too much of the savings […]

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