Economic Policy

Section 230's Free Ride Is Over — But Blanket Repeal Isn't the Answer. Force the Platforms to Choose.

Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act has allowed technology platforms to simultaneously enjoy the liability protections of a neutral common carrier and the editorial discretion of a publisher — a legal contradiction that serves Big Tech's interests while undermining both free speech and market accountability. The conservative instinct to repeal it entirely is understandable but imprecise. The real solution is simpler and more principled: make the platforms choose a lane.

Jul 14, 2026

Regulator by Day, Lobbyist by Night: The Revolving Door Between Federal Agencies and the Industries They Police Is Institutionalized Corruption

Across the federal regulatory apparatus — from the Food and Drug Administration to the Securities and Exchange Commission to the Environmental Protection Agency — a well-documented pattern repeats itself with remarkable consistency: senior officials spend years crafting regulations that shape entire industries, then depart for lucrative positions at the very firms those regulations govern. The ethics rules nominally designed to prevent this conflict are riddled with loopholes, weakly enforced, a

Jun 25, 2026

Trump's Tariff Gambit Is Rewriting the Rules of Global Trade — Here's Why the Establishment's Panic Tells You Everything

Wall Street's hysteria over Trump's aggressive tariff strategy reveals how deeply free-trade orthodoxy has captured America's elite institutions. Economic nationalism isn't radical—it's how America built the world's strongest economy.

Jun 13, 2026

The WTO Is Not Your Friend: How America Keeps Surrendering Trade Sovereignty to a Globalist Tribunal Nobody Elected

The World Trade Organization's dispute settlement system routinely overrules U.S. trade law and congressional statutes, effectively handing veto power over American economic policy to unelected foreign arbitrators. This isn't just bad policy — it's a constitutional crisis.

Jun 1, 2026

The Global Tax Cartel: How the OECD's 15% Minimum Tax Is a Sovereignty Trap Washington Walked Right Into

The OECD's global minimum corporate tax represents the largest surrender of American economic sovereignty since Bretton Woods. By agreeing to let an unelected international body set U.S. tax policy, Washington just handed away the competitive advantage that built American prosperity.

Apr 8, 2026

Energy Dominance vs. the Green Bureaucracy: Why America's Most Powerful Economic Weapon Keeps Getting Locked in a Drawer

America sits atop energy reserves that could make it the undisputed global superpower, yet federal red tape keeps those resources largely untapped. Energy dependence isn't climate policy — it's a national security failure and an inflation tax on working families.

Apr 6, 2026