Jun 17, 2025
Elon Musk has been a tremendously creative and successful entrepreneur, but his most driving ambition, to spread humanity out onto other planets, probably pushes an interesting idea way beyond its usefulness.
Jun 11, 2025
Republicans in Congress are planning to slash funding for Medicaid to help pay for major tax reductions for wealthy Americans and corporations. But they don't want to cut Medicaid openly because it will gravely injure many people who voted for them.
May 27, 2025
The tax cuts enacted during the first Trump administration were scheduled to sunset at the end of 2025, returning us to the higher pre-2017 tax levels .Donald Trump now wants Congress to renew these tax cuts.
May 14, 2025
Congress may be about to sell large amounts of electromagnetic spectrum - through which cellphone, radio, and TV signals are transmitted - to private corporations. This could bring in tens of billions of dollars, but selling spectrum is a terrible idea.
May 5, 2025
Ironically, Donald Trump's attacks on wind turbines could hasten the day when we stop burning coal, oil, and gas.
Apr 22, 2025
Donald Trump promised immediate benefits, much of it on "day one" , cheaper eggs, lower inflation, peace in Ukraine. The war rages on. Egg prices have increased. Inflation, fueled by tariffs, is on the way up. But stocks, including Americans' 401(k) retirement accounts, are way down.
Apr 11, 2025
The U.S. currently faces a housing shortage, which is aggravating efforts to reduce high living costs and rampant homelessness. At the same time, China is trying to cope with exactly the opposite situation: a 20% vacancy rate in its housing.
Apr 4, 2025
Consider the political situation in the U.S. if Canada became part of the United States. It would make it much less likely that we would ever elect another Republican president. It would be a cold day before Republicans again controlled the House.