By terming himself the team updater, Secretary Hegseth constricts his job indiscreet conveyor of information. Without a Secretary who understands their role more substantively, expect lots more of ...

An administration and Congress focused on government efficiency may want to tackle the student loan nonpayment crisis before it is too late.

Here in the DOGE era, the specter of inefficient bureaucracy haunts many government agencies. Yet the Social Security Administration offers a surprising counternarrative—at least in parts. As civil ...

A scholarly debate over the meaning of the First Amendment’s Press Clause could influence the Associated Press’s battle against the Trump administration for access to the Oval Office and Air Force One ...

US Education Secretary Linda McMahon has been directed "to facilitate the closure" of her own department — well, what’s left of it. The Trump administration's vow to essentially eliminate it appears ...

Let’s start with a chart to understand the dire fiscal situation we are in as a nation. Figure 1. Federal Debt Held by the Public as a Share of Gross Domestic Product, 1940-2054 You’re looking at how ...

Economics is not President Trump’s strong suit. First, he promotes import tariffs as if they were the cure-all for the country’s trade deficit. Then, he engenders the greatest degree of economic ...

President Donald Trump issued an executive order headlined “stopping waste, fraud, and abuse by eliminating information silos.” The intent is “eliminating bureaucratic duplication and inefficiency ...

I was invited by the 92nd Street Y to participate in a debate on school choice and charter schools. What follows are my opening remarks—a case for parental agency and pluralism over a one-size-fits ...

UK residents are currently paying some of the highest prices in the world for electricity. How did Brits go from being an energy superpower to showering in the gym because it’s too expensive to ...