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The ITC Empowers Special Interests To The Detriment Of U.S. Prosperity

Policies have consequences, both good and bad. The right policy environment improves our living standards and makes it easier to address the many problems facing the country – from underfunded public pensions to global climate change. The opposite is also true. Anti-growth policies decrease our well-being, impoverishes families, and turns ...
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All-Star Speechwriters – Pres. Biden’s State of the Union Address

Our all-star cast of former speechwriters are back to unpack the President’s State of the Union Address. 
Business & Economics

Empowering Shareholders Will Help Reduce Proxy Advisory Firm’s Undue Influence

Titans of Wall Street have become vocal advocates for environmental, social, and governance (ESG) investing – including leaders of the world’s largest asset managers, banks, and other financial institutions. Less well known proponents, but perhaps even more influential, are the proxy advisory firms ISS and Glass Lewis, who control 97 percent of ...
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They’re Baaack! Sacramento Liberals Once Again Propose a ‘Wealth Tax’

Last week, San Jose Democratic Assemblymember Alex Lee once again proposed a “tax on extreme wealth in California.”  Under Assembly Bill 293, “extreme wealth” is defined as “households with net worths of more than $50 million.”  If enacted, a 1 percent tax would be applied to wealth over $50 million, ...
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Gordon Chang – China Shakes the World

Our guest this week is one of the nation’s leading experts on China, Gordon Chang.  His analysis and commentary have been published in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Newsweek, Barron’s, the National Review and other major media outlets. 
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Neither The Department Of Defense Nor NASA Should Be Setting U.S. Climate Policy

It should be self-evident that the Department of Defense (DoD), General Services Administration (GSA), and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) don’t have the authority to set the nation’s climate policy. Yet, this is precisely what these agencies are trying to do. The DOD, GSA, and NASA have issued a joint ...
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Latest State Minimum Wage Hike Will Hurt Workers Far More Than It Helps

2023 might be the year that California businesses, especially small ones outside of the larger cities, wish they could skip. On top of a likely economic downturn, they have also been hit with higher employee costs, as another increase in the minimum wage arrived on Jan. 1. The state minimum ...
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The Gender Pay Gap Isn’t Caused by Sexism. It’s the Result of Women’s Choices

Last week, U.S. Labor Secretary Marty Walsh traveled to the annual gathering of elites in Davos, Switzerland, to call for American businesses to add women to their leadership teams in order to close the gender pay gap. Get more girlbosses into the C-suite, the thinking goes, and they’ll ensure women’s work ...
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Would You Like An Apple Pie With That? No Thanks, I Can’t Afford It

Less than two days before California’s Fast Food Accountability and Standards Recovery Act was to become law – on Jan. 1 – Sacramento Superior Court Judge Shelleyanne W.L. Chang placed a hold on the legislation, temporarily restraining the state “from implementing, enforcing, or taking any other action to effectuate Assembly ...
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Kiron Skinner – Current and Future National Security Threats

Our guest this week is foreign policy expert Kiron Skinner. Prof. Skinner is the Taube Professor of International Relations and Politics at Pepperdine School of Public Policy.
Business & Economics

The ITC Empowers Special Interests To The Detriment Of U.S. Prosperity

Policies have consequences, both good and bad. The right policy environment improves our living standards and makes it easier to address the many problems facing the country – from underfunded public pensions to global climate change. The opposite is also true. Anti-growth policies decrease our well-being, impoverishes families, and turns ...
Business & Economics

All-Star Speechwriters – Pres. Biden’s State of the Union Address

Our all-star cast of former speechwriters are back to unpack the President’s State of the Union Address. 
Business & Economics

Empowering Shareholders Will Help Reduce Proxy Advisory Firm’s Undue Influence

Titans of Wall Street have become vocal advocates for environmental, social, and governance (ESG) investing – including leaders of the world’s largest asset managers, banks, and other financial institutions. Less well known proponents, but perhaps even more influential, are the proxy advisory firms ISS and Glass Lewis, who control 97 percent of ...
Blog

They’re Baaack! Sacramento Liberals Once Again Propose a ‘Wealth Tax’

Last week, San Jose Democratic Assemblymember Alex Lee once again proposed a “tax on extreme wealth in California.”  Under Assembly Bill 293, “extreme wealth” is defined as “households with net worths of more than $50 million.”  If enacted, a 1 percent tax would be applied to wealth over $50 million, ...
Business & Economics

Gordon Chang – China Shakes the World

Our guest this week is one of the nation’s leading experts on China, Gordon Chang.  His analysis and commentary have been published in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Newsweek, Barron’s, the National Review and other major media outlets. 
Business & Economics

Neither The Department Of Defense Nor NASA Should Be Setting U.S. Climate Policy

It should be self-evident that the Department of Defense (DoD), General Services Administration (GSA), and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) don’t have the authority to set the nation’s climate policy. Yet, this is precisely what these agencies are trying to do. The DOD, GSA, and NASA have issued a joint ...
Business & Economics

Latest State Minimum Wage Hike Will Hurt Workers Far More Than It Helps

2023 might be the year that California businesses, especially small ones outside of the larger cities, wish they could skip. On top of a likely economic downturn, they have also been hit with higher employee costs, as another increase in the minimum wage arrived on Jan. 1. The state minimum ...
Business & Economics

The Gender Pay Gap Isn’t Caused by Sexism. It’s the Result of Women’s Choices

Last week, U.S. Labor Secretary Marty Walsh traveled to the annual gathering of elites in Davos, Switzerland, to call for American businesses to add women to their leadership teams in order to close the gender pay gap. Get more girlbosses into the C-suite, the thinking goes, and they’ll ensure women’s work ...
Blog

Would You Like An Apple Pie With That? No Thanks, I Can’t Afford It

Less than two days before California’s Fast Food Accountability and Standards Recovery Act was to become law – on Jan. 1 – Sacramento Superior Court Judge Shelleyanne W.L. Chang placed a hold on the legislation, temporarily restraining the state “from implementing, enforcing, or taking any other action to effectuate Assembly ...
Business & Economics

Kiron Skinner – Current and Future National Security Threats

Our guest this week is foreign policy expert Kiron Skinner. Prof. Skinner is the Taube Professor of International Relations and Politics at Pepperdine School of Public Policy.
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