inflation

A recent trek to southern California brought not only a trip down memory lane for this writer but also a case of sticker shock. Consider just some of the expenses that busted my food budget: $10.71 for a McDonald’s McMuffin meal; $15.93 for…

Contrary to the corporate media cabal’s desperate attempt to paint the Consumer Price Index report for June 2024 as a sign that inflation “cooled” and will continue “cooling” and “slowing” the closer the nation gets to November’s…

President Biden’s cognitive incompetence renders him unfit for office. But so too does his performance over the last three-plus years that left America with a broken border, spiraling crime, high inflation, and a world on fire. Since…

In late June, 16 Nobel economists led by former World Bank Chief Economist Joseph Stiglitz issued a letter warning that a second Trump term would have “a negative impact on America’s economic standing in the world and a destabilizing effect…

I can’t remember the last time Americans were truly united. Maybe Sept. 12, 2001, but I was too young to remember. Now the only thing tethering us to one another is our complacency. It’s the one thing we all share. We’ve been fed —…

Joe Biden may have stumbled in the face of Donald Trump’s torrent of falsehoods last week, explains CBS News’ John Dickerson, but which is worse, a liar or a fragile truthteller? This is the false choice many in political media have…

CNN spent the hour after Thursday’s presidential debate in an emotional tailspin. But at the heart of their desperate “analysis” was speculation about whether the fumbling Biden should step down to let another Democrat jump in to carry the…

CNN’s Jake Tapper compared former President Donald Trump to Adolf Hitler, and Dana Bash’s ex-husband signed onto the infamous letter that dismissed Hunter Biden’s laptop as Russian disinformation ahead of the 2020 election. Yet both of…

Ted Cruz and Katie Britt have dug a trap for their fellow Republicans and are urging their colleagues to jump on in. The two senators (Cruz from Texas and Britt from Alabama) have introduced the “IVF Protection Act,” which would punish any…

BRONX, N.Y. — Former President Donald Trump on Thursday became the first Republican presidential candidate to visit the South Bronx since Ronald Reagan did it in 1980. Trump has been severely limited in where he can campaign after Democrats…