I wouldn鈥檛 say the mood among Republicans is exactly giddy. Even Fox News seemed a little bit stunned by the news that Donald Trump had been elected president of the United States. But these past 12 hours, one priority has joined #NeverTrumpers and those who want to Make America Great Again: ...
In 1777, when Britain received words of the drubbing its forces had suffered at Saratoga to the American rebels, a friend of Adam Smith鈥檚 exclaimed that 鈥渢he nation was ruined.鈥� The wise philosopher calmly replied: 鈥淭here is a great deal of ruin in a nation.鈥� That proposition is about ...
Some of the great eternal questions are, 鈥淲hat is the sound of one hand clapping?鈥�; 鈥淚f a tree falls in a forest, and no one hears it, does it make a sound?鈥�; 鈥淚s the Pope Catholic?鈥�; 鈥淒o these pants make my butt look big?鈥�; 鈥淲ho drank all the orange juice then put the empty ...
The big question in today鈥檚 election, of course, is whether the country will elect Democrat Hillary Clinton or Republican Donald Trump as its next president.The key for both of them will be Pennsylvania with its 20 votes in the Electoral College, and crucial to taking the commonwealth will be ...
Trump or Clinton?No one has a clue who will win on Election Day.The polls are narrowing, as they always do, but they鈥檙e still all over the place or within the margin of error.Maybe Wisconsin will flip to red.Maybe millions of Colorado鈥檚 potheads will vote for Trump.Maybe this time enough ...
Tax policy received scant attention in the presidential debates, but when it did both candidates displayed a serious lack of understanding regarding at least one critical component of the tax code: carried interest. Although arcane in nature and unheard of by most, carried interest is a tax ...