Politicians bash businesses. “Stop the greed!” shouts Sen. Bernie Sanders. Many Republicans are equally ignorant. When some Florida businesses raised prices in response to sudden demand during a crisis (a useful signaling device in a free market), Attorney General Pam Bondi called ...

“USAID is a criminal organization,” declared billionaire Elon Musk over the weekend. “Time for it to die.” By Monday morning the doors of the Washington headquarters of the nation’s premier humanitarian aid organization were indeed shuttered, most of its personnel put on leave, and ...

Whether you’re feeling queasy or euphoric, or even a bit of both about the opening weeks of the second Trump presidency, my advice is to remember Stein’s Law. Richard Nixon’s former chief economic adviser, Herb Stein, declared: “If something cannot go on forever, it will ...

It’s a bit early for spring cleaning but that’s what President Trump and his faithful companion Elon Musk appear to be doing. When I was a child, every spring my mother would open closets and check the attic and basement for clothes and other items that could be discarded or given to ...

I’ve decided to miss out on more these days. Maybe you’ve heard of FOMO, the “fear of missing out.” Well, this is the opposite. I’m trying to find JOMO, the “joy of missing out.” For my JOMO education, I can thank Christina Crook, an author who specializes in “digital ...

A “special government employee,” wealthy beyond the dreams of Croesus, chose as his first target the poorest and most vulnerable people on Earth. On Sunday evening, Elon Musk and his peach-fuzz goons locked employees of the U.S. Agency for International Development out of their email ...