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CBS errs as it airs radical professor on ‘misinformation’

The liberal media viscerally hate anything the Trump administration is doing to defund the federal government pushing leftist ideology and squashing conservative counterpoints. One major field has been “misinformation research,” in which professors equate conservative arguments with falsehoods. In the Biden years, “misinformation” experts at major universities worked with the federal government and Big Tech platforms to prevent apparently under-educated Americans from accepting conservative arguments. The National Science Foundation issued hundreds of grants in this field, and ...

Unsolicited advice

Last November, Donald Trump soundly defeated Kamala Harris among young men 18 to 29 years old, racking up about 56% of their votes according to the Associated Press. That represents a huge decline from 2008, the climax of the Barack Obama coalition, when the Democratic candidate won 62% of the young male vote against GOP challenger John McCain. Clearly, Democrats have a young man problem — and they’ve vowed to do something about it. Accordingly, the party is spending $20 million on a special multiyear effort called “Speaking With American Men: A Strategic Plan.” The project, ...

Tariff obsession

Donald Trump’s tariff obsession may well swallow up his administration. Despite opposition from the business press, including the Murdoch-owned Wall Street Journal, Trump is convinced that restricting international trade is essential to achieve his “golden age”. Combined with his obsession against America’s elite universities and his immigration stances, he has gone to war against the American establishment. Some presidents, such as Theodore Roosevelt, Franklin Roosevelt, and John F. Kennedy, have opposed “malefactors of great wealth” and those who prefer free trade and ...

Treating the symptom won’t fix the root cause. Dig deeper.

Are we treating the symptom or the cause? Leaders need to periodically ask this question when struggling with performance issues or less than optimal outcomes. Treating symptoms is important and cannot be ignored; however, it doesn’t take the place of finding the larger cause. Symptoms are a sign to look deeper into what is occurring. A symptom can be due to a situation not being addressed soon enough or in some cases at all. Treating symptoms can take so much attention that there seems to be no time to dig deeper. Yet a single root cause can impact multiple outcomes… and often, ...

The merry-go-round that won’t end

Here we go again, the merry-go-round that simply will not end. If it seems like I’ve written a whole column on the efforts by some to eliminate West Virginia’s certificate of need law, I did back in March. Remember, I got to shoehorn in a Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan reference. But supporters and detractors of CON repeal were back at it last week. Once again, many health care services are required to apply for a certificate of need from the state, which can approve or reject it based on many factors, such as the availability of similar services in the region. Gov. Patrick ...

Musk, DOGE and the fiscal path forward

On Wednesday evening, the world’s wealthiest man announced that his sojourn in the nation’s capital is almost over. “As my scheduled time as a Special Government Employee comes to an end, I would like to thank President (Donald Trump) for the opportunity to reduce wasteful spending,” Elon Musk posted to X, the social media platform he owns. While Musk was quick to add that “the (Department of Government Efficiency) mission will only strengthen over time as it becomes a way of life throughout the government,” Musk’s departure will represent the effective end of DOGE as we ...