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Toward a Trump Republicanism Feb. 02, 2018
Donald Trump's surprisingly good State of the Union speech got a record 70 to 75 percent positive ap... Read More
Detoured by Government Sep. 20, 2017
Michelle Freenor's business almost failed before it began. That would have been a loss, since her S... Read More
We've Been Blessed By the Free Market. Why Won't We Learn? Sep. 14, 2017
Though my family escaped Hurricane Irma's wrath here in northern Indiana, we had our own little mess... Read More
Scapegoating Businesses for Bad Government Policy Jun. 15, 2017
There's a disturbing and counterproductive tendency to scapegoat individual businesses for respondin... Read More
How to Live in Peace May. 24, 2017
Millions of people love Apple computers and wouldn't be caught using a PC. By contrast, there are ma... Read More
A Ryancare Fix for Medicaid May. 10, 2017
With the passage of a new health care bill in the House, the corridors of Congress are teeming with ... Read More
Free Market Care Mar. 29, 2017
President Trump and Paul Ryan tried to improve Obamacare. They failed. Trump then tweeted, "ObamaCa... Read More
Free Market Solutions the Key to Health Care Reform Mar. 10, 2017
Health care reform is an enormous challenge because when it comes to economic policy, Republicans al... Read More
Donald Trump Is Just an Old Whig Jan. 12, 2017
WASHINGTON — It has come to my attention that there are still conservatives out there who do n... Read More
'Repeal and Replace' Obamacare -- With the Free Market Jan. 05, 2017
One of President-elect Donald Trump's major campaign promises is to "repeal and replace" Obamacare. ... Read More
Living the Nordic American Dream Sep. 01, 2016
When outspoken socialist Sen. Bernie Sanders was in the presidential race, he often expressed his dr... Read More
Hospital II Apr. 27, 2016
Last week's column on my lung surgery struck a nerve. Many of you wished me well. Others said I dese... Read More
A Clear-Eyed View of the Contact Lens Debate Apr. 14, 2016
The intensity with which some American companies try to use the government to trick or deceive consu... Read More
The Trump Riddle Wrapped Up in an Enigma Mar. 31, 2016
The front-runner for the Republican presidential nomination, businessman Donald Trump, has been call... Read More
Obama's Unacceptable Love Affair With Communism Mar. 29, 2016
Conservatives and other Obama critics are entitled to a big "I told you so," after Obama's stunning ... Read More
Will the Politics of Nostalgia Trump the Politics of the Future? Mar. 15, 2016
The likely presidential nominee of the Republican Party and the certain (barring indictments) nomine... Read More
Market Magic Sep. 02, 2015
People have long lists of things they think the market can't possibly do — from building subwa... Read More
Corn, Scorn and Policy Porn Apr. 05, 2015
Imagine a government energy program that is such a disaster that the Environmental Working Group and... Read More
Africa: A Tragic Continent Oct. 29, 2014
Here's how my Aug. 11, 2003, column began: "Anyone who believes President Bush's Africa initiative, ... Read More
Economic Freedom Jul. 02, 2014
A couple of years ago, President Barack Obama, speaking on the economy, told an audience in Osawatom... Read More
