opinion

Defaulting on sovereign debt is never a good strategy. Just ask Argentina. The South American nation has defaulted 10 times—most recently this summer—on its international obligations and has experienced sharp economic decline as a result. In the early 1900s, Argentina ranked among the world’s top 10 in per capita income. …

We were all wondering if it could live up to the hype – and it did. And then some. Thurday evening’s two-hour event in Cleveland exceeded all expectations. Each of the candidates did extremely well in their own right. With ten candidates on stage, and seven appearing earlier this evening, …

Hillary Clinton thinks she has touched a populist nerve with the American middle class with her $350 billion ten year plan to make college more affordable. And in some ways she has. I’ve long argued as the father of two college kids that the biggest scam in America is how …

President Obama’s plan, announced Friday, to make community college free for promising students, will be seen by some as a game-changer. As the president noted in his speech, his proposal — “America’s College Promise” — is based on Gov. Bill Haslam’s Tennessee Promise program, which offers free tuition to students …

Two historic events are in progress today, August 14. The first is the arrival of Secretary of State John Kerry in Cuba. The second is President Obama’s continued campaign to secure Congressional approval for his flawed nuclear deal with Iran. These two dangerous developments represent the convergence of nearly every …

As director of the world’s largest Catholic organization focused on the abortion issue (Priests for Life), and of the world’s largest ministry for healing after abortion (Rachel’s Vineyard), I’ve received a lot of inquiries about the letter Pope Francis issued on September 1 expanding the authority of priests to absolve …

Like most Trump appointees, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin has been called a lot of things since taking the job, but “champion of the Black community” is probably not one of them. However, he is earning that title now that his agency is taking on costly Biden-era car regulations …

As someone whose life’s work is helping small businesses navigate our nation’s complex tax system, I have witnessed firsthand how the Internal Revenue Service has become an outsized force that too often targets those least equipped to fight back. While the agency has long maintained that its enforcement efforts are …

“God ain’t got no power over this hit. God got no power here.” The man gestured like a royal but the scene he revealed was the largest open-air drug market on the East Coast — the Kensington neighborhood in Philadelphia. The man then sat down on an overturned milk crate, …

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent recentlydeclaredthat President Donald Trump’s administration is considering declaring an emergency situation forhousing.He pointedouttheweakest summer home sales in a decade, withmore than 15%of transactions falling through in July,thehighest cancellation rate since record-keeping commencedin 2017. Prices, though below pandemic levels,arestill too lofty for working- and middle-class Americans. Bessent …