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Blakeman must go bold to win New York

New York is in an economic death spiral. Companies and taxpayers are fleeing the state, taking their money with them. Gubernatorial candidate Bruce Blakeman needs to go bold and offer New Yorkers real change. Roll out a concrete plan to phase out the state income tax. It's an economy killer. The Albany spendaholics and taxaholics in both parties will claim it can't be done. But 68% of New Yorkers — regardless of their party affiliation or their age — support zeroing out the income tax, according to a Morning Consult poll done in December 2024. Forty percent of Democrats ...

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Lessons from Graham Planter

How can Graham Planter, who might win the Democratic nomination for senator from Maine in next Tuesday’s primary election ever be seriously considered for such a job, given the amount of personal baggage he carries? The answer is we have so lowered our standards and think so little of our politicians that, as the saying used to go, anyone can grow up to be president, or senator. Planter has been accused of so many things that just one would have been enough to derail his candidacy in another era when character mattered. Today, power is all that appears to matter and the way in ...

Here to ‘Help’

Politicians promise they'll "help" us. President Donald Trump says he'll "create the jobs and future you deserve." President Joe Biden liked to say, "Help is on the way." I prefer President Ronald Reagan's: "The nine most terrifying words in the English language are, 'I'm from the government and I'm here to help.'" An economy runs best when government gets out of the way and lets free market competition work. Economist Donald Boudreaux gets that, and it's why "The Triumph of Economic Freedom" is the title of his new book. Boudreaux explains in my new video: "The more ...

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Microgrids offer community solution to electricity challenge

You may have heard of microgrids in passing, maybe at a town meeting or when the future of your electricity supply is under discussion. Mostly, they aren’t headliners like data centers. However, microgrids are becoming an important part of the future electric infrastructure. They provide a valve to release some of the pressure building up to supply more electricity to data centers and transportation. Burns & McDonnell, an architecture, engineering and construction firm, figures that by 2030, 50 percent of in-city deliveries will be made with electric vehicles of all types, and ...