Overheated rhetoric and negative partisanship have come to define American politics as of late. Pursuit has devoted sustained reflection on this trend (good examples can be found here, here, and … READ MORE
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What Fate Does 2020 Hold for Free Trade?
Polling data continues to show that young Americans are broadly supportive of free trade policies. Yet, recent news in this space finds America headed in the opposite direction. Despite insistence … READ MORE
How the Evolution on Criminal Justice Reform Can Help Reform Congress
One of the most common explanations for Congress’s current dysfunction tells a story of an institution hopelessly gridlocked due to an ever-widening political divide between Republicans and Democrats. This diagnosis … READ MORE
A Look At How American Tax Dollars Are Used in Ukraine
The Democrats in the House of Representatives have opened an impeachment inquiry based on a whistleblower complaint. The complaint stated that President Trump inappropriately used foreign aid to coerce cooperation … READ MORE
The Latest, Greatest Generational Theft Caper
Like thieves in the night, Congress recently passed a budget deal that raises the debt ceiling and will increase government spending by $320 billion over the next two years before … READ MORE
DoD Keeps Losing Fight Against Bureaucracy
Newly confirmed Secretary of Defense Mark Esper recently took to Congress to testify in a confirmation hearing before the Senate Armed Services Committee. And while certain media outlets failed to … READ MORE
Half of All Non-Interest Spending Will Soon Go to Elderly
Another CBO budget update, another reminder of the gargantuan disconnect between what dominates the news cycles and what our nation’s major public policy problems really are. Here is the bottom … READ MORE
The Real Cost of Government Spending
It takes money to borrow money. This year it takes $371 billion. Ten years from now it will take $915 billion. The American people have heard a ton of squabbling … READ MORE