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.
Making Government Lean Again: The DOGE Effect
Established in the early months of the second Trump administration and initially led by Elon Musk, DOGE set out to eliminate waste, fraud, and inefficiency in federal spending
It’s Time To Save Standard Time
The debate is not whether to stop changing the clocks every March and November. Most people, including members of Congress and Secretary of State Marco Rubio, despise the biannual switch. It’s which “version” of time to keep.
Victor Davis Hanson: Kamala Harris And The Adolescents Of The Left
This is a lightly edited transcript of today’s edition of “Victor Davis Hanson
The American Kill Line
The viral Chinese meme that explains everything wrong with Beijing's reading of America.
The Economics Of Value
Socialists believe that an economy can be planned by a group of experts and can “solve” all the problems they believe free markets have
Lindsey Graham’s ‘Circle Of Death’
Draw an invisible circle around targeted “nuclear dust” areas. If an Iranian crosses into the circle, Lindsey wants to murder them
Buc-ee’s: Free-Market Triumph Or Simply Capitalist Oppression?
We first pulled up by one of the countless gasoline pumps that assured us we would not be waiting in a long line to fill up our van. Then we went into the store itself, which one might describe as something akin to a traveler’s Costco
The President Who Cries War, Then Peace, Then War
Analysts noted the contradictions reflected Trump seeking what one described as a “quick and easy” triumph while Tehran was determined to delay US demands and extract its own concessions first — a fundamental mismatch in negotiating timelines that produced the whipsaw of declarations
Economics: The Sociological Foundation Of Civilization
It is in these subjective perspectives where value is created out of seemingly valueless items. It is in the mind of the individual where a unique perspective/insight gives rise to goods once considered useless into goods of value.
A Rothbardian Case Against Bad Data Center Policy
Generative AI requires a lot of computing power. The new AI-directed data centers tend to be very large—housing thousands of GPU-based servers—and require a lot of electricity for power and water to keep computers from overheating.
Trump Owns the GOP
Cassidy, Raffensperger, and Massie all lost their primaries this week. The media is still blind to what every GOP voter sees.
Cuba’s Freedom Is An ‘America First’ Cause
Long before the communist revolution of 1959, Cuba and the U.S. shared one of the closest relationships in the Western Hemisphere
Scandinavia On The Hudson
New York City is testing democratic socialism on its commuters, travelers, and working poor. The bill is coming due.