5+ day, 12+ hour ago   (758+ words) The labor market was in far better shape in August than experts had forecasted. Not only did the headline on the monthly jobs report show 162,000 jobs were added and the unemployment rate remained low, but a deep dive into the…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (263+ words) There were new 162,000 non-farm jobs in the United States economy in August as the unemployment rate remains steady at 4.1 percent. The number of jobs added is much more than the “average monthly gain of 31,000” over the past year. Most of…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (169+ words) It is a question increasingly on Americans’ minds as public opinion turns against data centers, their construction, environmental footprint, energy and water use, and uncertain local economic benefits. Yet in an era when President Trump has promised to reindustrialize America,…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (284+ words) The United States needs to privatize Social Security. Actor and comedian Kelsey Grammer made that case during a Monday interview with Fox News’s Laura Ingraham, in a broader discussion of why socialism cannot work. Grammer singled out Social Security, the…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago   (336+ words) The Washington, D.C. area is filled with trade associations. They lobby for everything under the sun. Of course, trade associations can work in the other direction, too. Some help the big guy keep the little guy down. Earlier this year, AFSA…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago   (377+ words) This is what many are talking about regarding immigration: you should assimilate. Most do, but there is a significant and vocal sliver that does not, and wishes to turn slices of America into the third-world hell hole from whence they…...

4+ week, 1+ day ago   (279+ words) Every politician promises to fight inflation. Every election brings new proposals to lower prices. Yet very few public officials spend much time explaining what inflation is, why it occurs, or how they plan to fix it. That is unfortunate because…...