Trump’s astonishingly wrongheaded notions about trade and tariffs
President Trump’s obsession with the U.S. trade deficit is misplaced, as trade balances don’t matter and tariffs are a tax ...
Can we at least put a stop to ‘birth tourism’?
President Trump’s executive order attempting to stop “birthright citizenship” faces an uphill battle in the courts, but ...
The Hill22d
The red state in Californians’ future
Merrill Matthews is a public policy and political analyst and the co-author of “On the Edge: America Faces the Entitlements Cliff.” ...
The Hill29d
Developed economies across the globe are abandoning progressive policies
Merrill Matthews is a public policy and political analyst and the co-author of “On the Edge: America Faces the Entitlements Cliff.” Follow him on X@MerrillMatthews.
Heartland21d
States Differ in Responses to 340B Program Abuse
Widespread and longstanding abuse of the 340B federal drug program has prompted state lawmakers to take action.
New York Post22d
Californians’ red future, ‘disinfo’ zealot rises at NPR and other commentary
From the right: Californians’ Red Future The “two likely results” of the LA fires are that “thousands of Californians who lost their homes will respond to the tragedy by moving . . . to a ...
Wall Street Journal28d
Tariffs, Fat Cats and Trump
Merrill Matthews makes a good point about the unintended consequences of tariffs (“Tariffs Will Refill the Swamp,” op-ed, Dec. 27). Even without the imagery of fat-cat lobbyists and expensive ...
The Hill15d
Federal debt as far as the eye can see — and then some
Merrill Matthews is a public policy and political analyst and the co-author of “On the Edge: America Faces the Entitlements Cliff.” ...