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(AndreyPopov/Getty Images) Policy-makers risk a doom loop whereby inflation today begets more inflation tomorrow. Here’s how we got here. NRPLUS MEMBER ARTICLE O ctober’s inflation numbers, released this week, notched the highest level since the 1990s. Policy-makers have spent the past year dismissing inflation as a transitory concern, but the 6.2 percent increase in prices
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Judge Bruce Schroeder gestures during Kyle Rittenhouse’s trial in Kenosha Circuit Court in Kenosha, Wis., November 5, 2021. (Mark Hertzberg/Reuters) He’s a liberal. NRPLUS MEMBER ARTICLE A s the trial of Kyle Rittenhouse has progressed, Americans who hope for a successful conviction have begun to focus their attentions on the true villain of the piece:
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Google CEO Sundar Pichai testifies before the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial and Administrative Law on “Online Platforms and Market Power” on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., July 29, 2020. (Mandel Ngan/Pool via Reuters) The country risks following in the footsteps of the U.S. and Europe; if they do, consumers will pay the price.
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U.S. climate envoy John Kerry speaks at the COP26 climate conference in Glasgow, Scotland, November 10, 2021. (Jeff J Mitchell/Reuters) Biden’s climate point man gives China a pass, reducing gross human-rights violations to a matter of ‘differences.’ NRPLUS MEMBER ARTICLE W hen Xie Zhenhua, China’s top climate negotiator, took to the podium Wednesday at the
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Drew Hernandez testifies during Kyle Rittenhouse’s trial about the video he took of the incident in Kenosha, Wis., November 11, 2021. (Sean Krajacic/Reuters) During the second day of the defense case in the Kyle Rittenhouse trial, witness and journalist Drew Hernandez testified that the first man that Rittenhouse shot, Joseph Rosenbaum, charged at the 17-year-old
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( Tonktiti/Getty Images) Parents at the Scottsdale Unified School District in Arizona discovered that the local school board president had access to a Google Drive with the personal information of parents who opposed mask mandates and critical race theory. The drive was discovered by parent Kim Stafford, after board President Jann-Michael Greenburg sent Stafford an
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COP26 President Alok Sharma attends the “Unifying for change: The global youth voice at COP26” during the UN Climate Change Conference (COP26), in Glasgow, Scotland, Britain, November 5, 2021. (Phil Noble/Reuters) A Competitive Enterprise Institute update on the international climate conference in Glasgow My Competitive Enterprise Institute colleagues and I are filing brief cables on
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Kyle Rittenhouse breaks down on the stand as he testifies during his trial at the Kenosha County Courthouse in Kenosha, Wisconsin, November 10, 2021. (Mark Hertzberg/Pool via Reuters) Kyle Rittenhouse’s defense attorneys said Wednesday that they will file for a mistrial with prejudice, citing constitutional violations and misconduct by the prosecution. Kenosha County Judge Bruce
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Numerous schools in a Michigan township closed on Monday after numerous staff members fell ill suffering “negative reactions” from COVID-19 booster shots. As employees get fired or resign from their jobs for refusing to comply with the vaccine mandate, schools in the Saginaw school district and around the country are substantially understaffed. After numerous staff
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San Francisco Mayor London Breed speaks during the California Democratic Convention in San Francisco, Calif., June 1, 2019. (Stephen Lam/Reuters) San Francisco mayor London Breed announced her support for the recall of three city school-board members on Wednesday. “Sadly, our school board’s priorities have often been severely misplaced,” Breed said in a statement. “During such
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President Joe Biden looks on as he delivers remarks on the October jobs report at the White House in Washington, D.C., November 5, 2021. (Evelyn Hockstein/Reuters) If they continue refusing to reckon with our inflation crisis, they will pay a steep price at the polls. NRPLUS MEMBER ARTICLE T hat there exists such a yawning
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President Biden speaks at the White House in Washington, D.C., November 6, 2021. (Jonathan Ernst/Reuters) On the menu today: New numbers indicate that the interrelated problems of inflation, fuel prices, and the supply-chain crisis are getting worse — raising the question of whether the Biden administration realizes how bad the economic outlook is and how
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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) at a news conference discussing the introduction of rent legislation outside the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., September 21, 2021. (Elizabeth Frantz/Reuters) The economic philosophy is not a live issue — yet. NRPLUS MEMBER ARTICLE I s America having a socialist moment? Democrats are more likely than ever to embrace the
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(scyther5/Getty Images) Researchers have conducted the first major study on pornography that collected responses from matched partners. NRPLUS MEMBER ARTICLE A new national survey published today reports that one in five couples have experienced conflict in their relationship related to pornography and that porn use is generally associated with lower relationship quality. About 25 percent
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Amoral sociopath Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) on Tuesday got RIPPED during an appearance on “The View” for promoting the Steele dossier. Former State Department spox Morgan Ortagus confronted Schiff for lying about Trump-Russia collusion and promoting the Russia dossier paid for by Hillary Clinton’s campaign. The FBI last Thursday arrested Igor Danchenko, the Hillary Clinton-funded
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President Joe Biden delivers remarks after late-night passage of a $1 trillion infrastructure bill at the White House in Washington, D.C., November 6, 2021. (Jonathan Ernst/Reuters) The president’s vaccine mandate is part of a pattern: He takes illegal actions in hopes that by the time the courts rule, his goals will have been achieved. NRPLUS
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People gather around ‘Little Amal,’ a puppet of a young Syrian refugee girl, during the UN Climate Change Conference (COP26) in Glasgow, Scotland, Britain, November 9, 2021. (Phil Noble/Reuters) My Competitive Enterprise Institute colleagues and I are filing brief cables on COP26, the international climate conference being held in Glasgow, Scotland. Below is our second
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Every move Biden makes helps China and hurts the US.  Remember this.  Every move. American Military News reports the following: President Joe Biden and Chinese leader Xi Jinping may be near reopening consulates closed as relations spiraled in the final year of the Trump administration, a step that would mark progress in repairing fractured ties.
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Former President Barack Obama delivers a speech during the UN Climate Change Conference (COP26), in Glasgow, Scotland, Britain, November 8, 2021. (Phil Noble/Reuters) Barack Obama graces the U.N. climate-change conference with his presence. Glasgow, U.K. — The Biden show came. The Biden show went. One indicator of how nonseriously the world takes the Biden administration:
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