Ed Feulner

Upgrading to Tax Reform 2.0

As I've noted in a couple of recent columns, Americans from all walks of life have reason to be grateful for last year's tax cuts. They've proved to be quite a boon.

September 17, 2018

After all these years, how safe are we?

It's a natural question to ask every time the anniversary of the 9/11 attacks rolls around: Are we safer now than we were then?

September 10, 2018

Giving Judge Kavanaugh a fair hearing

I hate to have to ask such a basic question, but does Sen. Chuck Schumer, New York Democrat, understand the role of a U.S. Supreme Court justice?

September 3, 2018

Lawmakers have an opportunity re-evaluate farm subsidies, and they should

You'd think putting together a new farm bill would be fairly easy. After all, Congress does this very often. But it almost always turns into a tug of war.

August 27, 2018

Taxpayers nationwide will save money this year and the next several years

Last December's Tax Cuts and Jobs Act didn't come wrapped in shiny paper and a bow, but it might as well have. It's like a Christmas gift that keeps on giving.

August 20, 2018

The Trump administration grabs the wheel

To hear some in the media tell it, the Trump administration's decision to freeze fuel-economy standards for cars and trucks is a massive detour from common sense.

August 13, 2018

Donald Trump should push bilateral Switzerland trade pact

When it comes to trade deals, the big ones such as NAFTA tend to grab headlines. But our interests are also well-served by one-on-one agreements between individual countries and the United States. In fact, the more bilateral deals we forge, the better.

August 6, 2018

‘Your raise,’ courtesy of the Trump tax cut

Imagine getting a raise, and you didn't even have to ask the boss for it. That's what taxpayers nationwide can anticipate.

July 30, 2018

Why withdrawing from the U.N. Human Rights Council was the right thing to do

The definition of insanity, as they say, is doing the same thing over and over again, but expecting different results. And yet critics insist that the United States shouldn't have withdrawn from the U.N. Human Rights Council.

July 23, 2018

Why Brett Kavanaugh must be confirmed

It almost didn't matter who he nominated. Everyone knows the drill. The president nominates, the left pounces. It's that predictable.

July 16, 2018

The facts about fact-checkers

You don't have to be a student of ancient Roman poetry to have heard Juvenal's famous line "Who watches the watchmen?" But perhaps a more apt question today would be: Who checks the fact-checkers?

July 9, 2018

At the six-month anniversary of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act America is thriving

We're used to hearing politicians oversell their accomplishments. But President Trump is absolutely right to brag about the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act.

July 2, 2018

U.S. and G-7 tariffs hurt importers and exporters

How many free-traders does it take to have a trade war? It's a nonsensical question, but you have to wonder given the actions of our trading partners, especially those in the G-7, who ignored President Trump's suggestion to eliminate all tariffs, and instead implemented tariffs of their own.

June 25, 2018

Stopping ‘war games’ prematurely is a costly mistake

I arrived in Seoul on the same day as Secretary of State Mike Pompeo after the Singapore summit. In the wake of the meeting between President Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, Mr. Pompeo and I had essentially the same task: Reassuring our allies.

June 18, 2018

There’s no denying the U.S. economy’s remarkable strength

"We Ran Out of Words to Describe How Good the Jobs Numbers Are."

June 11, 2018

The road to the U.S.-North Korea summit

Many critics of President Trump take exception to his oft-repeated phrase "America First." They read dark isolationist impulses into it, and predict a world where the United States has simply turned its back on the world.

June 4, 2018

Forging a better strategy on Iran

To hear many in the media tell it, President Trump's withdrawal from the Iran Nuclear Deal was the worst thing to happen since he was elected.

May 28, 2018

Trump disruptions lead to new NATO funding

In a recent column, I spoke of the two current forms of populism and how they're challenging the "Liberal International Order," the governing philosophy that has guided the U.S. use of power in the service of freedom for ourselves and our allies since World War II. The question is, where does President Trump's form of populism fit into what might be called the new version of the Liberal International Order?

May 21, 2018

The preferred form of populism

We hear a lot about "populism" these days. Conservatives often praise it, while liberals call it a threat to democracy.

May 14, 2018

When the First Amendment is distorted and misunderstood

"I may not agree with what you say, but I'll defend to the death your right to say it." Few quotations are more quintessentially American than this (attributed in various forms to Voltaire, Oscar Wilde and others). You may not persuade anyone, but at least you can count on being heard.

May 7, 2018