Reagan sought to advance liberty by shrinking government.
Daily Analysis
The State With the Greediest Politicians, Part III
Isolating the worst of the worst.
From San Francisco, Another Great Moment in Local Government
The latest bit of upside-down governance from The City by the Bay.
Fiscal Fantasyland
A novelist tries his hand at a new form of fiction.
In One Image, Everything You Need to Know about Blue State Fiscal Problems
Why some states are in trouble.
Margaret Thatcher’s Message to Washington’s Big Spenders
A prophetic warning.
New York vs. Florida, Round #4
New York’s problems didn’t start with the coronavirus.
Coronavirus, Federal Spending, and Media Innumeracy
The fantasy of “underinvestment” in government.
Restoring Fiscal Sanity, Post-Coronavirus
Red ink is exploding this year.
Coronavirus Is Worsening America’s Grim Fiscal Outlook
Government is getting far too big.