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  • The Inflation Cure

    The Inflation Cure1

    If you think runaway inflation is brutal, wait until you get hit by the cure. Last week, the Federal Reserve raised the interest rate on money it lends to other banks by .75 percent, the biggest hike in three decades. Fed Chair Jerome Powell said the hike is necessary to rein in skyrocketing inflation. He’s

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  • Higher Gas Prices Ahead

    Higher Gas Prices Ahead3

    If you think gas prices are high now, just wait. They’re going to get much higher, thanks to President Joe Biden’s “irreversible” plan to eliminate fossil fuels. Truth is, your pain at the pump is being planned and executed by the White House. Over the weekend, buyers paid $5 a gallon to fill the tank—or

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  • Yes, the Products You’re Buying Are Getting Smaller—Even Though Prices Are Not

    Yes, the Products You’re Buying Are Getting Smaller—Even Though Prices Are Not2

    The rise in consumer prices has rightly received a great deal of attention, as inflation hovers around 40-year highs. Everyone can see that virtually everything is getting more expensive, but fewer have noticed that many items are also getting smaller. On Wednesday the Associated Press ran an article under the headline “No, you’re not imagining it — package

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  • Remote Work Needs to End

    Remote Work Needs to End11

    America needs to go back to work. Elon Musk ordered Tesla employees back to the office full time last week. Tesla will “create and actually manufacture the most exciting and meaningful products of any company on Earth,” Musk said. “This will not happen by phoning it in.” Bravo to Musk for rebuffing the fairy tale

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  • Down on the Farm With Inflation

    Down on the Farm With Inflation2

    “Pretend farmers.” That’s what we’re called by our neighbors who farm for a living. Having retired to a 10-acre chunk of Southern Minnesota farmland, my husband and I don’t depend on our miniature-scale operation to support us. Instead, our efforts are aimed at keeping family and friends in eggs and lamb chops. And this week,

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  • CDC Wants Its COVID Regime Made Permanent

    CDC Wants Its COVID Regime Made Permanent0

    There is no remorse at the CDC. Far from it. The model of virus control deployed over the last 27 months is now part of normal operations. It wants it institutionalized. The bureaucracy has now codified this into a new online tool that instructs cities and states precisely of what they are supposed to do given a

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