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Crypto Plan for Social Control?
The Senate's plan for regulating stablecoins could furnish powerful new means of social control by the federal government and the financial industry.
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S. T. Karnick
U.S. Economy This Week: Surprising Good News on the Federal Budget
Some will be shocked to hear this: the federal budget will be in surplus in 2029 if current trends keep up. That's a big "if," but it is great news…
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S. T. Karnick
Bipartisan Pushback on Kansas City Stadium Deal
A subsidy "war between the states" illustrates the profound difference between the interests of politicians and those of the people.
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S. T. Karnick
U.S. Economy This Week: Employment Struggles, Tariff Disruption
Trump's evolving tariffs have disrupted the economy, though manufacturing and service output may be rising. Here are the numbers and Robert Genetski's…
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S. T. Karnick
Trump’s Executive Orders Overturn the Progressive Dream
Politicos and the press are finally concerned about the administrative state, because Trump is doing Republican things in a way Republicans do not…
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S. T. Karnick
Here's Why There Is No Possible Bailout for the Federal Government
Yesterday I noted that even the U.S. economy, the best in the world, cannot support the current and upcoming federal debt. Here I explain the dismal…
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There Is No Possible Bailout for the Federal Government
Even the U.S. economy, the best in the world, cannot support this much government debt, let alone what is projected for the next ten years. The numbers…
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U.S. Economy This Week: So Much Good News the Media Are Going to Get Tired of Hiding It
Even with the 2017 tax cut extension still not enacted, the administration's move toward market-affirming policies and away from progressive…
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S. T. Karnick

May 2025

Supreme Court: No to Christians, Yes to the Fed
Two recent deicsions show several justices aiming for particular outcomes instead of judging on legal merits.
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S. T. Karnick
Trump, Noem Tackle Harvard
Taking a strict interpretation of federal law, Homeland Security secretary hits Harvard where it hurts--in the pocketbook.
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‘Big and Beautiful,’ but Not Nearly Enough of Either
The Big Beautiful Bill is fine, as far as it goes. Yay to that. The nation, however, needs much more action from Congress to avert a fiscal catastrophe…
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U.S. Economy This Week: Big, Beautiful Good News
Tax cuts extended, mild spending cuts implemented. That's a good week's work.
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S. T. Karnick
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