WAX: Trump’s Tariffs Could Revive The American Industry
Budget resolution I passed the house Last week, among representatives with the narrowest margin, the usual demonic bargains are embedded in the law, leaving conservatives in a difficult position, again exemplifying Washington’s structural flaws. The budget resolution, supported by President Donald J. Trump and House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA), includes a tax cut of $4.5 […]
GAVIN WAX: Trump’s Tariffs Will Make America Great Again
Elections have consequences, and those consequences are dire for the free-market dogmatists of the Republican Party. The tariff debate is over. President Donald Trump won, but it wasn’t even close. Americans overwhelmingly support efforts to punish countries like China for their unfair trade practices. Even President Joe Biden, who blatantly misrepresented President Trump’s economic performance, […]
JOSH HAMMER: The Amy Wax Inflection Point For ‘Elite’ Higher Education
For longer than I have been alive, higher education has been a cesspool of anti-Americanism, censorious leftism, and cultural radicalism. Moral corruption is and always has been particularly acute in the Ivy League and other putatively “elite” institutions. The pro-Hamas “protests” that have rocked college campuses since October 7 suggest that the jihadist anarchy seen […]
GAVIN M. WAX AND TROY M. OLSON: Trump Is Offering The Boldest Tax-Reform Proposal In A Century
Former President Donald Trump is running the most issue-focused campaign in our country's history, and while you wouldn't know it if you were following mainstream media echoes, the 45th president has actually been laying out a detailed and bold policy agenda for over a year. His latest focus has been tax reform. Tax reform It's […]
TROY OLSON And GAVIN WAX: A Second Trump Term Can Walk Us Back From The Brink Of War
voters are the president role is primarily diplomatic, which includes trade and border security. In 2016 and now, Trump is the only candidate who has consistently focused on what the president actually does, rather than what the people with the most influence want. Trump becomes first president since Jimmy Carter not to start another war. […]
TROY OLSON And GAVIN WAX: History Proves That Trump’s Third Run Could Be His Strongest Yet
Between the millions of words we spend reading, interpreting, commentary and predicting polls, we can best predict our analysis of the 2024 presidential election through the lens of history, just as we did in 2016. History is often our best guide, and it would have helped us through the current hysteria of 2016 to remind […]