Tom DiNapoli flags Gov. Kathy Hochul’s budget abuses
State comptroller Tom DiNapoli is warning that Gov. Hochul is up to her old tricks: keeping billions in state outlays out of the main budgeting process and protected from vital…
Shame Dems into addressing bloated government spending
Congress just passed — and President Biden just signed — the latest short-term federal-funding bill to keep the government running. The bill, which essentially kicks the can down the road,…
UnScientific American, Trump is yesterday’s man and other commentary
Woke watch: UnScientific American “You could be forgiven for assuming that scientific truth would play a pivotal role” in the output of Scientific American, quips James Esses at Spiked Online.…
Bond yields could race through 5%, market forecaster Jim Bianco warns
Wall Street forecaster Jim Bianco expects Treasury yields to go a lot higher — and possibly overshoot through 5% in the next couple of weeks. “I don’t think we’re near…
Bridgewater’s Ray Dalio warns of impending debt crisis in US
Ray Dalio believes the US is going to have a debt crisis and is closely watching the “risky” fiscal situation, CNBC reported on Thursday, citing an interview with the billionaire…
No Trump at GOP debate? Good! Let the adults talk
With Donald Trump skipping the GOP debate Wednesday, his rivals now have a great shot to prove their salt — by laying out their plans to beat President Joe Biden…
Biden’s student loan forgiveness plan is treating the Supreme Court with contempt
“Donald Trump promises a post-democratic second term,” The Washington Post blared Monday, arguing that Trump already showed contempt for “rules” when in office, and “acted as though they didn’t exist.”…
GOP should forget Trump, hit Biden, Democrats on the issues
Memo to the GOP: Stop talking obsessively about Donald Trump, right now. You’re falling into your enemies’ trap. For an entire week — and surely for many more days to…
On debt ceiling, it’s not Biden vs. the GOP, but Biden vs. the voters
President Joe Biden is desperately maneuvering to avoid any serious spending restraints in debt-limit talks, but voters clearly don’t want the ceiling raised without cuts. A new CNN poll (yes,…
New York is best off if Albany doesn’t agree on insane new spending
Negotiations for the new state budget will likely go beyond Friday’s deadline, which is just as well given the alarm sounded by the nonpartisan Citizens Budget Commission: Gov. Kathy Hochul’s…