Housing Is Too Expensive. Blame Your Local Tree Ordinance.
Under Oakland’s tree ordinance, property owners who remove trees must pay into a city tree fund before they can obtain building permits
Opinion
The tippinsights opinion section reflects articles where our individual authors or individual groups (from anywhere on the political spectrum) utilize our data to make compelling arguments.
Why Young Adults Are Choosing Christianity In An Increasingly Secular Age
While it is true that Christianity is disappearing in some areas due to persecution, it is growing in others and changing form, because religion is now experienced in a more existential and intentional way.
Profiting From Government Didn’t Begin With Trump
After his first term, Trump complained that he got “absolutely no credit” for turning over control of the Trump Organization to his sons and putting limits on what kind of business they could do—especially with foreign entities
The Wealth Tax Revival Is Repeating A Failed Experiment
Wealth taxes promise to extract revenue from those least likely to feel the pinch while sidestepping the political toxicity of raising taxes on ordinary earners.
The Importance Of Teleology In Understanding Economic Inequality
Yet, for several decades, economists have been less concerned with the causes of productivity and more concerned with wealth distribution.
California Creates A Black Market For Tires
Supposedly the rule will help consumers pocket extra cash due to the tires’ low rolling resistance.
Trump Mulls Raising The Stakes To Force Iranian Capitulation
The Iranians have specified that the Palestinian arena that must be covered by the “the ceasefire for all, or ceasefire for no-one” precondition.
Sanctioning The Dollar Iran Already Left: Why Bessent’s ‘Economic D-Day’ Is Toothless
The entire architecture of what Bessent has branded “Operation Economic Outcast” rests on a single assumption — that Iran and its trading partners need the U.S. dollar.
Victor Davis Hanson: Don’t Trust The Midterm Polls
Let’s have a periodic check on the status of the midterms that we’re now less than 80 days away from.
You Don’t Have To Help. You Do Have To Police.
Here is what that rule does not cover. It does not get a state out of enforcing its own criminal law on its own streets. And here is the part that gets skipped.
Victor Davis Hanson: Nixon Was The ‘Most Naturally Bright President’ We’ve Ever Had
John Tyler was our 10th president. He was an accidental president. He was the first president who was elevated to the presidency as vice president.
Are Civic Centers The Answer To Help Ohio Students Think?
For the anniversary of his bill being signed into law, state Sen. Jerry Cirino, R-Kirtland, announced a new bill he has for civic centers on campus.
LGBTQ CRACK-UP: Human Rights Campaign Slams Log Cabin Republicans For Rejecting Transgender Activism
Log Cabin Republicans, which will celebrate its 50th anniversary next year, voted to remove the “T” from its advocacy.
The Gloves Are Off: ICE, Electric Shock Weapons And Secret Police
Masked raids. Unmarked vehicles. Warrantless arrests. Racial profiling. Sweeping surveillance.
Dumb And Dumber
To be sure, it would be difficult to top the just surfaced account of February’s chickenhawk parade involving the Air Force One plane-switching in Ankara after a NATO meeting.