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Corporate subsidy revamp grows government

Having failed to deliver on much of its promise, Michigan’s corporate subsidy program warrants review and reform. But rather than reshape the program to grow the economy, Lansing Democrats have again proposed to grow the government. Legislation to overhaul of the state’s business ...

On what team was Ronna McDaniel playing?

Ronna McDaniel’s conduct following the 2020 election was shocking enough, but NBC’s decision to hire her as a paid political analyst almost topped it. The blowback from the company’s own commentators prompted the executives to turn around and send McDaniel packing. The problem for NBC ...

Moscow massacre: Could it happen here?

A mass shooting at a concert hall in Moscow killed more than 130 people. With many others seriously or gravely wounded the number of dead is likely to rise. The Islamic state released a statement claiming “credit” for the incident. Eleven suspects have been arrested. Early reports ...

Myth of Trump’s business genius has been busted

How embarrassing. Donald Trump’s well-known history of financial exaggeration appears to be catching up to him in a very inconvenient place, a courtroom. After years of his colorful boasts about his wealth and financial savvy, Trump’s own lawyers delivered the news to the judge that he ...

Third party is coward’s way out

During the all-too-brief one-on-one contest between Nikki Haley and Donald Trump for the Republican presidential nomination, there was a good deal of analysis declaring it the last stand of the Reaganite vision for the GOP versus the MAGA takeover. That was the wishiest of wishful thinking — ...