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There Is No Economic Emergency, Mr. President Apr. 11, 2025
The case for protectionism revolves around a host of doom-and-gloom myths that we should not accept.... Read More
15 Truths About Tariffs, Some More Uncomfortable Than Others Apr. 08, 2025
SAN DIEGO — As you have likely figured out, President Donald Trump loves tariffs. It's just to... Read More
How Trump's Made-in-America Scam Still Means Made-in-China Nov. 20, 2024
Wow! Who says election promises don't produce real change? Candidate Donald Trump had loudly proclai... Read More
Washington's 'Job Creation' Circus Is Hitting the Road Apr. 04, 2024
In the grand circus of politics, where elephants and donkeys alike perform under the big top, there'... Read More
Trade Is Evil? Apr. 03, 2024
Leaders of both parties agree: We must reduce globalization. "China is ripping us on trade," says ... Read More
The Silent Death by a Thousand Cuts in Manufacturing Jan. 09, 2024
WILMERDING, Pennsylvania — By July of this year, the last man on the job here at the Westingho... Read More
Why We're Asking the Wrong Question About the Industrial Policy Push Jul. 27, 2023
Proponents of the ongoing push for national industrial policy, whether they come from the left or th... Read More
Republicans Make Their Case to Middle America Oct. 04, 2022
MONONGAHELA, Pennsylvania — Whether by design or necessity, the decision by House Republican l... Read More
Flown Over: The Impact of Airlines Cutting Service to Flyover Country Jul. 05, 2022
SWANTON, Ohio — Twenty years ago, the Eugene F. Kranz Toledo Express Airport here in western L... Read More
No Free Trade with an Unfree China Feb. 09, 2022
California, Florida and Michigan may be geographically distant from one another and have somewhat di... Read More
Unwinding America's Catastrophic China Mistakes Dec. 17, 2021
Do you remember Armand Hammer? If you're over 50, you may. Hammer was a business tycoon who died in ... Read More
Mislabeling Plastic as Recyclable Defeats the Purpose and Damages the Planet Sep. 17, 2021
A bill passed last week by the California Legislature would ban manufacturers from putting the trian... Read More
South Dakota Rocked Again as a Wind Turbine Plant Shuts Its Doors Jun. 22, 2021
John F. Kerry, the special presidential envoy for climate, said only months ago that those losing fo... Read More
In the Face of Most Democrats' Opposition, U.S. Steel Cancels a Billion-Dollar Investment May. 11, 2021
BRADDOCK, Pennsylvania — Exactly two years ago, U.S. Steel Corporation announced that the comp... Read More
Don't Reverse Trump's Pro-Working-Class Policies Dec. 02, 2020
Once upon a time, the Democratic Party tried to favor the working class. Not anymore, and never has ... Read More
Amid Democrats' White House Win, a Sobering Fact Nov. 07, 2020
Joe Biden has reason to be proud; in the last 107 years, only three American presidential nominees h... Read More
Biden's War Against the South Nov. 03, 2020
Joe Biden has said he wants to be president of ALL the states and that he doesn't see red states and... Read More
Just Who Is the Real Blue-Collar President? Oct. 06, 2020
One thing we learned from the debate in Cleveland last Tuesday, when Trump wasn't interrupting, is t... Read More
Pennsylvania Manufacturer Thrives -- If Only It Can Find Good Workers Oct. 06, 2020
ERIE, Pennsylvania — The instant you walk into the 750,000-square-foot PHB Industries tool and... Read More
Decouple and Control: U.S. Must Secure Supply Chains and Production Jul. 01, 2020
Beijing's June 30 decision to impose its national security law on Hong Kong renders the Sino-British... Read More
