The Entrepreneurial Agenda

A couple weeks ago, when Barack Obama filled in some of the details of his economic plan -- specifically his tax plan -- conservatives were pleased. The presumptive Democratic nominee made it official and put it in writing: he would...

If John McCain's double standard on clean fuel -- opposing government support that "picks winners" among to renewable fuels, but favoring aid for clean coal -- seems familiar, that may be because it's been embraced by the current occupant of...

We've discussed in this space Senator John McCain's occasional backsliding from the free market orthodoxy. He opposes government intervention in the markets, except when he favors it -- when, say, CEO's make too much money, "speculators" drive up oil prices,...

Barack Obama's emergency back-up stimulator, announced today, is a deft political document. For one thing, the timing is impeccable: it was ostensibly a reaction to this morning's dismaying unemployment report, which showed that the nation lost 51,000 jobs in July,...

Wow. Isn't it awfully early in the general election for such a double-barreled assault of unpleasantness? After all, brazenly negative campaigning so often reeks of last-act desperation, of slipping further and further behind. Most national polls, though, show John McCain...

The White House announced today that -- whoops! -- its economic brain trust had misunderestimated the federal deficit. In 2009, it's likely to soar, or skyrocket, or spiral -- pick your cliché here -- to $482 billion. That's a record,...