In the spirit of Christmas past and future, and in light of the age of our likely two major candidates for president in 2024, I thought it a good day to ask: How old is too old? (Forgive me if I’ve asked this before. I’m old and occasionally repeat myself.) I have a personal stake in the ...

New Year’s resolution: Read more books. I don’t mean books on screens, which I do read. I don’t mean audiobooks, which I listen to. I mean books printed on compressed cellulose, a medium that can give you a paper cut. The goal is not to force more reading. I read all day long. It’s ...

Seventeen years ago this week, I started the day losing my job and ended the day looking my wife in the eyes to tell her she was going to die. Doctors thought they had found a very aggressive form of cancer in her lungs. She had, in their estimation, six months. Thankfully, before the end of ...

I write this week as a very different man than I was when writing my last column. Then, I was merely engaged; now, after the single greatest week of my life culminated in the single greatest day and night of my life, I am married. I am filled with immense, overwhelming gratitude. My wife and ...

With the festive season here, with its twinkling lights and merry carols, the item topping my Christmas wish list is fiscal responsibility from Congress and the administration. If this sounds like an economist conflating policy with goodwill, remember this: In a world where holiday wishes ...

President Joe Biden isn’t alone in being mugged by reality and by Senate Republicans insisting that he reduce options for asylum seekers as a condition of further fueling the conflict in Ukraine with more cash. When people are fleeing foreign countries, you’d better have a good plan for ...