Larry Kudlow may have been more wrong about the economy than anyone alive

This is the same president, after all, who tapped to be the chief scientist at the Agriculture Department a talk-radio host who is not a scientist, named a brain surgeon to run the Department of Housing and Urban Development and floated the idea of his personal pilot as head the Federal Aviation Administration. A party… Continue reading Larry Kudlow may have been more wrong about the economy than anyone alive

Unicorns of the Intellectual Right

while there are many conservative economists with appointments at top universities, publications in top journals, and so on, they have no influence on conservative policymaking. What the right wants are charlatans and cranks, in (conservative) Greg Mankiw’s famous phrase. If they use actual economists, they use them the way a drunkard uses a lamppost: for… Continue reading Unicorns of the Intellectual Right

GOP tax law will add $1.9 trillion to debt: CBO

The GOP’s signature tax law is projected to increase the national debt by $1.9 trillion between 2018 and 2028, according to a new report by the Congressional Budget Office. According to the report, the tax law would cost the government $2. via GOP tax law will add $1.9 trillion to debt: CBO The whole point was… Continue reading GOP tax law will add $1.9 trillion to debt: CBO

A Scene From the 2032 Ferris Bueller’s Day Off Reboot

In 2018, the Republican president Donald Trump, in an effort to alleviate the effects of…anyone? anyone? the rust belt manufacturing decline, implemented tariffs on…anyone? anyone? steel and aluminum setting off…anyone? anyone? a trade war with…anyone? anyone? China, which had the effect of? anyone? anyone? was is successful? anyone? anyone? no it wasn’t…

EPA to its employees: Ignore science when talking about climate change

On Wednesday, an internal Environmental Protection Agency memo was leaked to the Huffington Post. Under the guise of developing “consistent messages about EPA’s climate adaptation efforts,” the memo suggests a number of talking points the agency’s employees can use if asked about adaptation. via EPA to its employees: Ignore science when talking about climate change… Continue reading EPA to its employees: Ignore science when talking about climate change

Why Are There No Good Conservative Critiques of Trump’s Unified Government?

We are now 14 months into united conservative governance. Conservatives came into power with a clear plan to rip out Obama’s achievements and overhaul the whole modern state. Paul Ryan and Mitch McConnell planned on running everything through reconciliation. They also had a President who would sign anything. So how is it going? via Why… Continue reading Why Are There No Good Conservative Critiques of Trump’s Unified Government?

Third Journalist Was Paid to Promote Bush Policies

WASHINGTON, Jan. 28 – The Bush administration acknowledged on Friday that it had paid a third conservative commentator, and at least two departments said they were conducting internal inquiries to see if other journalists were under government contract. via Third Journalist Was Paid to Promote Bush Policies Something to think about then you read about… Continue reading Third Journalist Was Paid to Promote Bush Policies

The real problem with the New York Times op-ed page: it’s not honest about US conservatism

A lot of people believe to this day that the Tea Party uprising and the subsequent eight years of hysterical, unremitting, norm-violating opposition to Barack Obama was about small-government philosophy and a devotion to low taxes and less regulation, and had nothing to do with social backlash against a black, cosmopolitan, urban law professor and… Continue reading The real problem with the New York Times op-ed page: it’s not honest about US conservatism