Despite how it might seem, a ban on diesel exports would likely worsen an already bad situation by driving diesel prices higher.

The long-promised personal AI assistant is finally arriving, with a suddenly crowded field of agents offering to run pieces of your everyday life.

Hedge fund prophet Mark Spitznagel, the ultimate black swan investor, is feeling surprisingly bullish these days, expecting one last euphoric market surge—before an eventual 80 percent wipeout w ...

In the second week of September, 30-year municipal bond yields reached their highest level since February 2011. The 30-year ...

Attempting a distinction without a difference, socialists now claim one without historical antecedent. Historically, socialism and communism were indistinguishable names for those who desired th ...

The OECD, an organization of the developed countries of the world, has released a detailed report on corporate taxes in 146 countries around the world. The report shows that even with the corpor ...

The state of the world is terrifying.” That’s the excellent Bret Stephens from a recent conversation he had with the similarly excellent Frank Bruni at the New York Times. Stephens ...

It all starts in October, so don’t let all of the noise over inflation, oil and war distract you from missing out on this ...

Once you turn 62, you can claim Social Security at any time. And while there's technically no "final age" to sign up for ...

What moves faster than California’s high-speed rail, nearly 20 years in the making with zero track laid? Well, almost anything, apparently. But in this case, we mean the evident bilking of taxpayer ...

Double, double toil and trouble. Eye of newt and toe of frog. I had an interesting experience the other night. I might have been in a coven of witches! Before I go there, full disclosure. Ephraim Smit ...

Illinois carries roughly $251 billion in unfunded state pension liabilities and a 42.9% aggregate funded ratio, per the State Actuary's December 2025 report. On August 26, 2026, Moody's upgraded the s ...