Opinions

Nearly everyone has an opinion on whether the United States should force a TikTok ban over national security concerns. Voters support a ban, Trump opposes a ban and Biden just signed Congress’ divestment bill. Everyone from security hawks to tech experts to “suburbanites” have weighed in. But what gets lost... Read More

Recent legislation in both the United States and China has proven one thing: tensions are high and sensitive technology is playing a critical role in how each nation will address their economic futures. The new litmus test for economic dominance is one’s ability to... Read More

Microschool founders face major problems. One of the biggest: local governments. Overly burdensome regulations dictate where these schools can be located and how they must be built. But Utah just passed a law, a first of its kind in the nation,... Read More

Most of you have seen recent stories on European farmers organizing for better prices by blocking highways and business districts with their tractors. Older farmers might remember the 1979 Tractorcade by American farmers demanding “parity,” meaning farmers should get paid the cost... Read More

The blockbuster March jobs report has many proclaiming that threats of recession are in the rearview mirror and we are in a fully recovered labor market. The economy added a booming 303,000 jobs in the month of March while the unemployment... Read More

Foreign competition, tariffs and soaring production costs have U.S. steel mills teetering on the brink of failure. New legislation introduced in March will prevent illegal steel imports from Mexico from coming into the United States, and it needs support.  Losing our domestic... Read More

While relatively new, the app-based rideshare and delivery industry has already become ubiquitous so that it can be hard to remember life before rides, meals, groceries and goods were available on-demand at the press of a button. App-based platforms have... Read More

The fiscal year 2024 funding package cut approximately $100 million from the Technology Modernization Fund. This action is perplexing, especially given that the fund is crucial to modernizing federal information technology by enabling an innovative funding model that allows the government to... Read More

As political attacks on environmental, social and governance initiatives increase, misconceptions about these important corporate practices continue to abound. A vocal minority of political actors continue to advance an agenda intended to discredit and malign ESG and related initiatives. Companies may be... Read More

When Darryl Aldrich from Virginia was looking to invest in real estate, he didn’t realize he was entering one of the most predatory cybercrime environments that exist today. By using the accurate down payment amount and his title company’s name, a scammer... Read More

Few geopolitical partnerships are more enduring, mutually beneficial and personal than the one between the Unites States and South Korea. Last year, the two countries celebrated the 70th anniversary of their relationship, which began as a military alliance and has... Read More

The European Union’s aggressive regulatory approach to large technology platforms continued last week when it launched investigations into Apple, Alphabet and Meta under its new digital regulations. It’s the first shoe to drop since two new laws, the Digital Markets Act and... Read More

As Congress focuses on division, policymakers risk losing sight of where we have common ground — supporting the needs of children, families and older adults. However, there is bipartisan support for fixes we can easily implement now, including a reauthorization... Read More

Bad policies rely on bad arguments. Rarely has that aphorism been put on clearer display than in Vermont, a state where advocates for banning flavored nicotine products claim their aim is to protect members of the LGBTQIA community disproportionally drawn to... Read More

Minority-owned businesses are a quintessential component of our economy. Entrepreneurs from minority backgrounds generate almost $2 trillion in revenue each year and created 4.7 million jobs in the last 10 years. There is still much room for growth and gaps to close, but minority... Read More

Those familiar with Jesus’ three temptations in the wilderness know that Satan is familiar enough with scriptures to be able to quote them. Readers of Flannery O’Connor’s short story “Good Country People” might be wary of Bible salesmen.  The infamous... Read More

As we head into this election year with a likely rematch between two relatively unpopular candidates, it may seem political divisions are higher than ever. Many controversial issues like immigration, taxes and debate over foreign aid dominate the news, so much... Read More

When you woke up this morning, you probably turned on the light, maybe looked at your phone or went to get a glass of water, all without much thought. Electricity, phone service and running water are all essentials that we... Read More

Just three years ago, our economy was in the midst of an unprecedented crisis. Communities across the nation were reeling not only from the health implications of the COVID pandemic, but also from high unemployment, business closures and frightening economic... Read More

No matter what industry you’re in, there are two things that every business leader cares about: revenue growth and cost reduction. These are the metrics that CEOs talk about ad nauseam during earnings calls. They are the keys that unlock higher business valuations, individual... Read More

Training and experience matter, especially when health is on the line. Just as one would rightly be concerned to discover a flight attendant, rather than a pilot, flying their airplane, so too would most people be alarmed to find the... Read More

Today’s growing overdose epidemic is being fueled by fentanyl, a synthetic opioid that is 50 times stronger than heroin and 100 times stronger than morphine. In fact, it’s so lethal that only a tiny amount — 2 milligrams, about the size... Read More

Many political disagreements divide neatly along party lines, but the protectionist Jones Act isn’t one of them.  In Congress and state Capitols across America, politicians from the two major political parties can be found arguing for and against the law, which... Read More

The recent announcement of the Capital One-Discover merger has been escalating public attention on the ever-changing credit card payments industry. As consumer and lawmaker attention to this issue grows, proponents of a harmful new credit bill are using this opportunity to insert their own... Read More

For more than 40 years, Glenda Daggert has lived with Type 1 diabetes and resulting kidney failure. She finally received her second chance — a simultaneous kidney and pancreas transplant — in 1999. She is one of the lucky ones.... Read More

This February the Alabama Supreme Court ruled that frozen embryos are children and thus need to be protected. When embryos are destroyed, which is inevitable during standard in vitro fertilization procedures, this now constitutes murder in the state of Alabama. In... Read More

Imagine this: a president was elected with a razor thin majority of the vote. He then spent the ensuing three years reducing the production of domestic energy while spending newly created money at historic levels, causing catastrophic and painful inflation.... Read More

Although the U.S. Constitution does not positively guarantee a right to vote, the Supreme Court has identified voting as a fundamental right. The 15th, 19th and 26th Amendments have, respectively, further prohibited voting restrictions on the basis of race (1870), sex (1920)... Read More

Four and a half years after COVID-19 swept the globe, killing over a million Americans and devastating our economy, we have no reliable early warning system for infectious pathogenic outbreaks. In fact, the situation may have deteriorated. The World Health Organization has no means to... Read More

Serving as a New Hampshire legislator, something one appreciates involves hearing from many people. For the 2023-2024 election cycle, it was especially validating for current New Hampshire solons like me to be courted by presidential candidates. While our votes count... Read More