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Which nations are the freest?

The ability to choose your job, start a business, own property or decide how to spend your paycheck may seem natural to most Americans. Yet for billions around the world, the most basic economic freedoms remain out of reach. The latest Economic Freedom of the World index, just released by the Fraser Institute, reminds us why freedom matters for everyone, whether you’re a factory worker in Michigan, a tech entrepreneur in Austin, or a farmer in Niger. Economic freedom isn’t just some wonky concept debated in academic halls. It’s about whether a government protects property rights ...

TB: The silent killer crossing border

Open borders allow deadly narcotics and criminal gangs to invade our country. But there’s a silent killer also making its way across the border: tuberculosis. America’s woke public health authorities are more concerned with equity — redistributing health resources among racial groups — than with keeping a disease the U.S. once nearly eradicated from becoming a threat again. Reported cases of TB shot up 34% from 2020 to 2023, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and continue to rise. More than three quarters of the cases are foreign-born people who ...

No need to wait to fix our problems

I write this on Election Day. People are freaking out. “A Second Trump Administration Would Be a Carnival of Corruption and Greed,” is a New York Times headline. “President Kamala Would Be a Disaster for the World,” says The Telegraph. Wait. Take a breath. Yes, Donald Trump is an awful man who only cares about himself. He’s scary reckless. But his first term wasn’t terrible. He did some good things. He resisted insane regulation. He didn’t start any new wars. Still, he grew government and grew our debt by almost 40%. Now he promises even higher tariffs. ...

From the land of plenty to discontent

During a visit to one of our supermarkets, a French friend looked over a long shelf of apples. Seeing several varieties piled halfway to heaven, she remarked, “This is truly the land of plenty.” It truly is, but how, for so many of us, did it become the “land of discontent”? Of course, our political battles require challengers to go on and on about how bad things are and how they can fix what ails. Gas prices are always too high. Violent crime is rampant, even in places that see almost none of it. So many voters buy into this dark vision, which is why politicians portray life ...

Is it too early to be talking about 2028?

What can a columnist do when his deadline is Election Day and he doesn’t know who has won the presidency and other offices (and we likely might not know for days, or more, if the polls are right about a virtual tie)? Answer: He speculates about 2028. Whether Donald Trump wins or loses, and if he does lose whether he concedes, or not, 2028 will be another open contest for the Republican nomination. If Kamala Harris wins, her leftist positions and foreign policy inexperience will likely disappoint, even anger enough voters to elect almost any Republican. The person most likely to ...

Donald Trump’s American oligarchy

When he bounded onstage at the Trump vulgarfest in Madison Square Garden on Sunday night, Elon Musk declared himself to be not just MAGA, but “dark, gothic MAGA.” Believe him. The sorry spectacle of leading industrialists, newspaper owners, tech executives, Silicon Valley entrepreneurs and others seeking to ensure their good standing with Trump reflects a blend of cowardice and cupidity. Mark Zuckerberg, whom Trump labeled a “true enemy of the people” as recently as March, and called “Zuckerschmuck,” demonstrated that there are no hard feelings where money and power are ...