Among the minority of Americans and others who support the war with Iran, there is a tendency to say it is nothing like the Iraq War that began in 2003 and has become entrenched in American memory as a disastrous failure. Vice President JD Vance, at the o... See more
Saving Social Security Is the Wrong Goal How to save Social Security is the wrong question, I write at the Washington Post. It’s even backward, in that it focuses on the program rather than on the goals the program is supposed to serve. Better to ask inst... See more
More Pushback on AI and Interest Rates I’ve said a couple of times that the currently fashionable argument that AI will let us have lower interest rates without inflation is likely wrong. It’s nice to see Federal Reserve Governor Michael Barr make the sam... See more
Government Benefits for Parents Are a Longstanding Conservative Policy Whenever I’ve run into Richard Reinsch’s byline before, it’s been attached to something sensible and illuminating. Much of his essay in the new Commentary about “right-wing grievance p... See more
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