Trump’s tariffs are strangling economic productivity

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September 19, 2025

Trump’s tariffs are strangling economic productivity

Equities in the major indices of U.S. stock markets are trading at or near all-time highs. The economy is growing. The Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta just raised its projection for GDP growth in the third quarter to 3.3%. There are signs of a sustainable boom in productivity growth. Corporate earnings are growing strongly, and analysts are raising earnings forecasts at a time when […]

Don’t abandon the Constitution for the sake of Trump’s tariffs

For decades, conservatives, understanding that liberty cannot exist absent constitutional constraints on government power, have criticized the Supreme Court for creating new constitutional “rights.” Now, the Court has agreed to hear Trump v. V.O.S. Selections, Inc., a case challenging President Donald Trump’s assertion of vast, unilateral authority over tariff rates, a power reserved in Article I, […]

Charges against Trump electors were a laughable political stunt

Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel is the Barney Fife of elected lawyers, but she lacks Fife’s decency and charm. She was laughed out of court last week — literally — by a Gov. Gretchen Whitmer-appointed judge when the charges against 15 2020 Donald Trump electors were dismissed. Nessel charged the group with forgery, fraud, and six other […]

Trump has constitutional authority to battle DC crime

People can disagree about whether President Donald Trump had to send the National Guard to help fight crime in the nation’s capital, but it seems to have already reduced crime rates in the city. And most people who live or work in the District of Columbia, as we do, surely welcome the increased security. But […]

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