inflation

Things are looking up
Opinion, Сolumns
GENE LYONS 
Aug 19, 2022
Meanwhile, back at the ranch ... To readers of a certain age who grew up watching cowboy movies on TV, that timeless phrase signals a major plot devel...
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No, Joe Biden still isn’t a good president
Opinion, Сolumns
RICH LOWRY 
Aug 09, 2022
Every dog has his day, and apparently so does every miserably inadequate president. Joe Biden, who has been out-of-touch, tone-deaf and disturbingly i...
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The D.C. fantasy world
Opinion, Сolumns
BYRON YORK 
Aug 03, 2022
An odd atmosphere has descended on Washington, D.C. At the precise moment the government announced that the economy shrank for the second consecutive ...
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Joe Manchin’s travesty
Opinion, Сolumns
RICH LOWRY 
Aug 02, 2022
Congress has never cared much about truth-in-labeling, but even by its standards, “The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022” is laughably absurd. The deal ...
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Reality’s revenge: The return of stagflation
Opinion, Сolumns
E.J. ANTONI - Tribune News Service 
Jul 29, 2022
The clinical psychologist Jordan Peterson has said that you can bend reality only so far before it snaps back at you. In short, bad actions always ult...
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Reasons to cheer Joe Manchin
Opinion, Сolumns
LYNN SCHMIDT Tribune News Service 
Jul 20, 2022
Three centrist cheers for Sen. Joe Manchin III. Manchin’s stance on three key issues may be unpopular with some of his Democratic colleagues but they ...
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Pitt to raise tuition, following nationwide trends
News, PA State News
BILL SCHACKNER Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 
Jul 15, 2022
PITTSBURGH (TNS) — University of Pittsburgh students will pay more in tuition this fall, becoming the latest in a growing number of college undergradu...
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Inflation inflates problems for the Democrats
Opinion, Сolumns
DAVID M. SHRIBMAN 
Jul 04, 2022
WAUSAU, Wis. — The reminder, every time they drive down the street, of how high gasoline prices are. The delays in home construction and renovation be...
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What if Dems had made the economy even worse?
Opinion, Сolumns
BYRON YORK 
May 18, 2022
President Biden likes to blame inflation on the COVID pandemic and the war in Ukraine — or, as he says, "Putin's price hike." But the fact is, Biden's...
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GOP looks to extend midterm inflation advantage
Opinion, Сolumns
RAMESH PONNURU Tribune News Service 
May 15, 2022
Inflation is likely to be the most powerful issue working for Republicans in this year’s congressional elections. Public concern over it has been risi...
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Bad economic news, 1970s-style
Opinion, Сolumns
May 01, 2022
U.S. gross domestic product shrank 1.4% in the first quarter at the same time inflation continued to soar. For older Americans, that combination conju...
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Blame Washington, not Putin, for rising prices
Opinion, Сolumns
E.J. ANTONI - Tribune News Service 
Apr 28, 2022
How out of control is inflation? One measure says it all: Prices are now rising as fast in one month as they used to rise in a whole year when Preside...
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The Democrats’ Bidenflation disaster
Opinion, Сolumns
BYRON YORK 
Apr 13, 2022
The government says inflation rose 8.5% in March compared to last year — the the worst it has been in 40 years, since the bad old days of 1981. While ...
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