Right Analysis / Michael Swartz
Michael Swartz / January 9, 2024

It’s Déjà Vu All Over Again on the Budget

Democrats are once again girding themselves for a budget battle, and once again scheming to make the Republicans take the fall.

Michael Swartz / January 2, 2024

With Little Fanfare, Endangered Species Act Turns 50

It’s been an icon of “caring” government for half a century, but how did the law really do?

Michael Swartz / December 19, 2023

Chicago Schools Choose Mediocrity

By ending an achievement-based school choice program for gifted students, the Chicago public schools are sentencing their students to a failing system.

Michael Swartz / December 12, 2023

The Border Has Americans in a Really Bad Mood

A record 15% of the U.S. population is now foreign-born, and we have Joe Biden’s open borders to thank for it.

Michael Swartz / December 5, 2023

How to Rein in the Regulatory State

A successful approach from the 1990s might hold the key to paring back today’s runaway bureaucracy.

Michael Swartz / November 28, 2023

Leftists Almost Discover Federalism

Democrats seem to think governmental power should always reside with them, whether at the federal, state, or local level.

Michael Swartz / November 21, 2023

Heating Your Home: More Difficult, More Expensive

The Biden administration’s “clean” energy do-gooders have declared war on inexpensive and reliable natural gas.

Michael Swartz / November 14, 2023

San Francisco’s Summit Shape-Up

Democrats are furiously cleaning up their squalid city, but only to impress a communist dictator and some other foreign dignitaries.

Michael Swartz / November 7, 2023

Rough Seas Ahead for Offshore Wind

The abrupt cancellation of a couple of massive wind projects bodes ill for the industry’s future.

Michael Swartz / October 31, 2023

IRS Ends ‘Most’ Home Visits Under Congressional Pressure

The work of a special committee on the weaponization of the federal government has been a welcome consequence of the Republican-controlled House.

Michael Swartz / October 24, 2023

Do We Really Need DEI?

A comprehensive new study shows that focusing on diversity, equity, and inclusion harms precisely the students it’s meant to help.

Michael Swartz / October 17, 2023

Biden’s Nonsensical Junk Fee Fixation

While his economic policies are busting family budgets, Joe Biden is focused on the trivial.

Michael Swartz / October 10, 2023

MLB Pitcher’s #MeToo Accuser Strikes Out

Trevor Bauer tells his side of a sordid story that blew up his career at its peak.

Michael Swartz / October 3, 2023

Gavin Newsom’s Intersectional Senate Pick

California’s calculating governor chose a radical leftist to serve out the remainder of deceased Senator Dianne Feinstein’s term.

Michael Swartz / September 26, 2023

Are High Interest Rates the New Normal?

Bidenomics is failing on all fronts, and some think prices are never going back down again.

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