#Jerome Powell says Fed should avoid climate change issues

#Jerome Powell says Fed should avoid climate change issues

“Jerome Powell says Fed should avoid climate change issues” The Federal Reserve’s independence from political influence is central to its ability to battle inflation, but requires it stay out of issues like climate change that are beyond its congressionally established mandate, Fed Chair Jerome Powell said Tuesday. “Restoring price stability when inflation is high can require measures that…

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#Letters to the Editor — Jan. 4, 2023

#Letters to the Editor — Jan. 4, 2023

“Letters to the Editor — Jan. 4, 2023” The Issue: Ronald S. Lauder’s piece on the normalization of anti-Semitism on college campuses. The Ivy League should be renamed the “Poison Ivy League” (“Ivy Fear & Loathing,” Ronald Lauder, PostOpinion, Jan. 2). Few can any longer question that the ever-increasing hatred of Jews on college campuses…

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#High costs and few benefits in New York’s crazy climate plan

#High costs and few benefits in New York’s crazy climate plan

“High costs and few benefits in New York’s crazy climate plan” Top-down economic planning has failed everywhere it’s been tried, creating stagnating economies and poverty. But that’s no deterrent to New York’s Climate Action Council. Its just-approved scoping plan, the blueprint for implementing the state’s Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act, has few benefits —…

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#Why Democrats must moderate, ‘Silent Majority’ want choice and other commentary

#Why Democrats must moderate, ‘Silent Majority’ want choice and other commentary

“Why Democrats must moderate, ‘Silent Majority’ want choice and other commentary” Liberal: Why Dems Must Moderate The Democratic Party desperately needs to embrace “moderation in the pursuit of votes,” argues the Liberal Patriot’s Ruy Teixeira. The party just did pretty well thanks to “independents and Republican leaning or supporting crossover voters — not base voters mobilized by progressivism”…

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#Fighting back against the thuggish ‘ESG’ woke agenda

#Fighting back against the thuggish ‘ESG’ woke agenda

“Fighting back against the thuggish ‘ESG’ woke agenda” There’s no such thing as blue money or red money. Only the green stuff will pay bills. On Friday, North Carolina Treasurer Dale Folwell became the latest of officials from nearly half the states across the country — including Florida, Texas, Kentucky, Missouri, Arizona and West Virginia…

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