Henry Olsen

Sen. Marco Rubio has spoken eloquently in recent years about the need to reorient the United States’ market economy to better support workers and families. His recent speech crystallizes that belief and persuasively shows how our lust for cheap goods is endangering our national security.

A new analysis of Internal Revenue Service data is receiving a lot of attention among conservatives for showing that the 2017 tax cuts reduced the income tax burden of working-class taxpayers by a higher percentage than it did for higher-income earners. But conservatives should also recognize the main reason: expanded child tax credits that most supply-siders opposed.

Overturning Roe will not suddenly make abortion illegal throughout the country. Instead, it will simply return the abortion question to the political process. That means public opinion, which Roe has peremptorily suppressed for almost 50 years, will rule the roost. And it is decidedly mixed.

Evidence is accumulating that Hispanic, Asian and even some Black Americans are increasingly voting Republican. GOP leaders are naturally eager to cement these new voters’ loyalties. To do that, they should reexamine a speech Ronald Reagan gave more than 40 years ago.

Many moderate House Democrats surely voted for the Build Back Better bill with serious misgivings. They know in their guts they are likely walking a political plank for their party — and they’re right.

For anyone who thought that fears of China invading Taiwan are overblown, think again. Chinese President Xi Jinping’s rise as the paramount figure within the Communist pantheon suggests he has greater ambitions than his recent predecessors.

Last year’s enforced idleness and economic slowdown surely pushed many families into a one-earner status — even if unwillingly. It’s not unreasonable to assume that some liked the subsequent work-life balance.

Republicans looking to move on from Donald Trump see their party’s wins in Democratic-leaning states last week as a sign they can do so relatively easily. A new poll from the Pew Research Center, however, shows creating that new majority coalition will be harder than many in the party think, especially on economic issues.

Defining the essence of American nationalism is deceptively simple — until one tries to do it.

If the Republican sweep in Virginia wasn’t enough to terrify Democrats, New Jersey’s results should definitely do the trick. The state’s shockingly close gubernatorial race is evidence that Americans of all stripes have turned on the Biden-led Democrats and, contrary to what so many on the left claim, don’t believe the GOP is morally unfit to govern.

President Biden’s job approval ratings have been sinking for months as voters increasingly see him as out of touch with their priorities and values. The coming clash over vaccine mandates might be another area where the president has misread the public temperament.

The conservative majority on the Supreme Court has a host of controversial cases before them this term that could result in a fury of calls to “pack” the court with more members. Those justices should not let fear affect their judgment. These are almost certainly empty threats.