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National Columnists

Guilt-tripping our way to self-destruction

Everywhere we turn, the country looks like it is falling apart. Crime is out of control. Millions of illegal immigrants are pouring across our borders. Americans are asking themselves, how on earth did we get here? And even more urgently, how do we turn things around? Most, if not all the ...

CFPB putting banking arrangements at risk

Nobody likes paying fees. A fee, however, is a transparent way to reflect the price of something. And in a market economy, prices convey vital information that consumers and producers use to make good decisions. A rise in the price of apples tells producers that consumers want more apples. This ...

Texas standoff involves more than Eagle Pass

There’s a standoff in Texas, and it’s not between cowboys this time. It’s between the Texas National Guard and federal border agents. All of this is occurring in the wake of a Supreme Court decision requiring the Texas National Guard to grant access to federal border agents deployed by ...

Is AI really coming for your job?

The media warn, “Artificial intelligence will replace millions of jobs.” In San Francisco, Teamsters protest, demanding the government “protect” their jobs. In my new video, they chant, “Do not have these self-driving vehicles on San Francisco streets, taking jobs!” They’re ...

New technology extraordinary

This week, I tried out the Apple Vision Pro. That’s the device in the news: the bulky, unwieldy headgear; the bizarre images of people attempting to manipulate the air in front of them; even some people driving while looking like Geordi La Forge from “Star Trek.” It’s ...

Give Biden border shutdown authority he wants

Perhaps the most head-spinning statement of the Biden years came about a week ago when President Joe Biden endorsed an impending Senate immigration deal so he could “shut down” the border. This, after the president had dismantled all the Trump policies that had secured the border; after ...