Michael McKenna

We finally have a way to recycle plastic: California wants to destroy it

The leaders of our nation's largest and wealthiest state have moved decisively against the real problem facing our country: Those who recycle plastics may not be doing it in a way that completely fits the disordered, obsessive-compulsive worldview of California bureaucrats.

October 9, 2024

Hopelessly broken Nuclear Regulatory Commission needs overhaul for U.S. to compete with China on AI

Americans have various sentiments about artificial intelligence, ranging from a collective shrug to enthusiasm about the technology's enormous economic potential to fear of the apocalypse.

October 4, 2024

Federal government encouraging dependence is a terrible policy

The Economic Innovation Group recently issued a report that makes a pretty conclusive case that a large and growing percentage of the population gets a significant portion of its income from government transfers.

October 2, 2024

Politicians think we’re stupid

A friend has contended for several years that politicians think we are stupid. I have routinely resisted that, but recent events are causing me to reassess my resistance.

September 28, 2024

Can Harris or Trump stop the killing in Ukraine and Middle East?

I was recently part of a conversation about the election with a crew from finance land, and the question arose, what Donald Trump's plan is to "solve" the war between Ukraine and Russia should he return to the White House.

September 25, 2024

Real estate developer Larry Silverstein’s vision realized after 9/11

In the wake of the sack of Athens about 500 years before Christ, the city's citizens were faced with a decision.

September 21, 2024

Keep the circus in perspective: Many things are more important to life than Harris, Trump

A friend of mine who intends to vote for Vice President Harris recently wondered whether our friendship would survive the upcoming election.

September 18, 2024

Harris, Trump both met expectations in debate, but it doesn’t matter

The unavoidable and sometimes unpleasant reality of this presidential campaign is that it can be reduced to those voters who are for former President Donald Trump and those who are voting against Mr. Trump.

September 15, 2024

D.C. appeals court prepares to scuttle Trump policies on energy production

I'm certain we are all grateful that Vice President Kamala Harris was ecumenical enough in Tuesday night's debate to acknowledge that she is in favor of increased oil and natural gas production.

September 11, 2024

Musk’s ability to game the system may pay off for Trump’s efficiency panel

Former President Donald Trump announced last week that he would create a government efficiency commission if elected. He also announced, that Elon Musk would lead this commission.

September 6, 2024

Harris in hiding: Democratic nominee’s advisers know she is weak

Kamala Harris has been the de facto nominee of the Democratic Party for about six weeks now, yet has managed to sit for only one softball interview with a reliable stooge of the legacy media, Dana Bash at CNN.

September 4, 2024

Trump, Harris now need specific commitments

After months of twists and turns, the presidential campaign has been reduced to its essentials. In nine weeks, about 500,000 voters in seven swing states will decide who will be the next president.

September 1, 2024

Tax cuts lead to more growth, more tax revenue

Last weekend, as part of his renewed emphasis on policy, former President Donald Trump said that tax cuts in general and the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act in particular lead and have led to economic growth and (as a result of that growth) to increased federal tax revenue. In making that correct assertion, Mr. Trump placed himself squarely on the side of the right thinkers concerning tax issues.

August 28, 2024

Democrats’ support for abortion shows that we have forgotten God

Abortion has unfortunately become a political issue.

August 24, 2024

Trump-obsessed Democrats against self-rule and democracy

On the first night of the Democratic National Convention, speakers mentioned the word "Trump" 147 times. They mentioned "inflation" - the issue identified by voters as their most important issue - three times.

August 21, 2024

Trump should take Reagan’s lead and release his inner optimist

Now that former President Donald Trump has started to lean into the policy differences between himself and Vice President Kamala Harris, the 2024 presidential campaign is starting to look like 1980.

August 17, 2024

The week Trump finally started focusing on policy

There has been a rising sense of concern among some supporters of former President Donald Trump about the need for him and his campaign to engage more energetically on issues that voters care about.

August 14, 2024

Replacing Biden with Harris has changed campaign’s direction, but not its fundamentals

If you are one of those unfortunate souls who are over-invested in the current presidential campaign, it is probably difficult to accept that the race so far is about where it has been for the last eight months.

August 11, 2024

No, this is not the most important election of your lifetime

Every election cycle, some jokers try to sell the public on the idea that this is the most important election in history to boost television ratings or (now) clicks. Every cycle, they turn out to be wrong.

August 7, 2024

Tight polls suggest presidential race is more about Trump’s flaws than Trump’s policies

This is your biennial reminder that you should take all survey results from here to Election Day with a grain of salt, always keeping in mind that those who paid for the survey research have a vested interest in the outcome.

August 2, 2024