Joel Griffith is a research fellow in the Roe Institute at The Heritage Foundation.
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Your Thanksgiving Day meal is going to cost about 8% more, nearly twice the increase in average weekly earnings since a year ago. For a… Read More
LawCommentary
The Supreme Court’s decision to leave in place the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s unlawful, unconstitutional eviction moratorium poses a threat to the rule… Read More
EconomyCommentary
No one should be denied credit because of their sexual orientation or gender identity. Ostensibly to deter such discrimination, a proposal in Congress (HR 1443)… Read More
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Millions of Americans are still unemployed in the wake of COVID-19 shutdowns. Unfortunately, President Joe Biden’s so-called American Rescue Plan fails to provide targeted relief… Read More
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As the economic reopening continues in states and cities across the nation, economic growth last quarter smashed all prior records—growing by 7.4%, according to the… Read More
SocietyCommentary
Each year during the Jewish religious festival of Sukkot, New York City shuts down Kingston Avenue in Crown Heights to allow thousands of local residents… Read More
PoliticsCommentary
Prominent Jewish rabbis—including leaders in the Rabbinical Alliance of America and Young Israel—are urging Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos to eject the Southern Poverty Law Center… Read More
EconomyCommentary
President Donald Trump’s new executive order, which suspends the employee portion of Social Security payroll taxes for the rest of the year, is legally dubious… Read More
EconomyCommentary
The major credit rating agency Fitch Ratings announced July 31 that it was downgrading the U.S. federal debt outlook from “stable” to “negative.” This is… Read More
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This week’s gross domestic product report painted a stark picture; namely, a historic plunge in the production of goods, provision of services, and private investment…. Read More
