HART: Laud, Laud, the Celebrity Award Season Begins
Seth Meyers personified the predictably smug and self-congratulatory Golden Globes Awards Sunday. The Golden Globes ceremony is the January ritual that kicks off the...
A SHARP LIFE: Quality time in the family car
Nothing makes you feel younger than raising small humans. Also, nothing makes you feel older than raising small humans. Allow me to explain.Our family...
CHAREN: Don’t dance on Bannon’s grave yet
President Donald Trump’s official statement about Steve Bannon — the lack of exclamation points made it seem as if it might not be 100...
CHAREN: The New York Times covers over-regulation
It may not be exactly the coming of the Messiah, but seeing a front-page story in The New York Times about over-regulation certainly feels...
ELDER: Instead of ‘Infrastructure Investment,’ How About Killing Davis-Bacon?
Is there a difference between President Barack Obama’s “stimulus” and President Donald Trump’s “infrastructure investment”? Despite costing $800 billion, most economists do not believe...
WILLIAMS: Dangers of Government Control
We are a nation of 325 million people. We have a bit of control over the behavior of our 535 elected representatives in Congress,...
HART: Businesses get tax cuts; what they can do for us in return
Lost in the Democrats’ lock-step opposition to any tax cuts for individuals, and especially corporations, is the fact that free-market capitalism is a far...
A SHARP LIFE: Two is the loneliest number
Once my wife and I decided to have a third child we knew we would be outnumbered. We knew this for two reasons. First,...
CHAPMAN: The case for pessimism in the age of Trump
If there is any single trait that defines Americans, it is optimism. We read our history as a journey upward, from the arrival of...
A SHARP LIFE: Travel is a gift for the whole family
Recently our family of six took a small vacation to San Antonio. The trip was a big part of our family’s Christmas as we...