Day: October 17, 2023

Jim Jordan has tried hard to propitiate Republican skeptics of his bid for Speaker of the House, and he could have won Tuesday while losing four votes. Instead it was 20 on the first ballot. After two weeks of House paralysis, it’s no clearer who can pull Republicans back together. Mr. Jordan was still seeking […]

The Justice Department has finally found the man who stole thousands of private federal tax records and leaked them to the media. But the potential deterrent effect is going to be muted by the plea deal negotiated with Internal Revenue Service contractor Charles Littlejohn. Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8 […]

Good news for workers grumbling about return-to-office mandates, if not for employers who want to enforce a common work culture: The National Labor Relations Board has declared that employees can’t be fired for staying home. Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8 Source link

Some thanks he gets for criticizing fellow Republicans. Source link

Editor’s note: In this Future View, students discuss the Israel-Hamas war. Next we’ll ask: “Facing a wave of organized shoplifting, retailers are increasingly padlocking merchandise, hiring off-duty police officers and closing stores. How did we get here? Is this the new reality of American retail sales as low-trust public spaces? Or is there a way […]

Some students celebrate and many presidents equivocate. No wonder trust in higher ed is down. Source link

By Phil Gramm and Jeb Hensarling American exceptionalism, the product of economic freedom and source of our prosperity, is being threatened by the Biden administration, which seeks to circumvent Congress, the courts and the Constitution to Europeanize the American economy. The administration, which can’t get Congress to legislate its agenda or the courts to allow […]