Editorials

Your concern is good, but they need to get their jobs back IN this election year, elected officials are deeply concerned about the plight of the 500 or so government employees who were furloughed amid the economic meltdown caused by the global and local Covid-19 restrictions. Some lawmakers want to…

The blackouts caused costly disruptions for businesses and headaches for families and fueled a run on emergency generators. Restaurants had to throw out perishable food, and people with chronic illnesses who rely on oxygen machines and other electric-powered medical devices rushed to hospitals. A r…

The remainder of 2020 warrants flexibility and tolerance, trying different ways to adapt to new evidence. In a country with such fractured politics, this will be no small challenge. That challenge is a function of a complicated public-health picture combined with contradictory public attitudes. Eve…

That’s excellent news, because you don’t have to believe that China designed the Covid-19 virus to see that it’s been taking advantage of it — and showing us the future if the U.S. and its allies don’t stand strong. That includes the Philippines, America’s oldest ally in the region. We all know tha…

Their resignations are another milestone in the march of identity politics and cancel culture through our liberal institutions, and American journalism and democracy will be worse for it. The long-time editor of the Philadelphia Inquirer, who’d seen the publication through difficult times, was push…

“One in four low-wage workers,” according to a new study, “face lifetime marginal net tax rates above 70 percent, effectively locking them into poverty.” Incentives matter, and bad ones sap the motivation to climb the opportunity ladder. The study, published by the National Bureau of Economic Resea…

“One in four low-wage workers,” according to a new study, “face lifetime marginal net tax rates above 70 percent, effectively locking them into poverty.” Incentives matter, and bad ones sap the motivation to climb the opportunity ladder. The study, published by the National Bureau of Economic Resea…

Ever since Floyd died at the hands of a Minneapolis police officer, filmed with a knee on the man’s neck while he was not resisting, almost no one has excused police actions —  including fellow cops. Even Donald Trump, who called himself “the president of law and order,” called the video “shocking”…