If Only Portraits Could Talk

In a recent talk at Yale Law School, Federal Trade Commission Chair Lina Khan noted: “I see the portrait of Robert Bork is still up there.” Note the word “still.” After that observation began an exchange with faculty and students that showed that in the minds of many Yale law scholars, Robert Bork is no longer there at all.

The Khan Cleaver Strikes Again

The move by the Democratic majority on the Federal Trade Commission to outlaw all noncompete agreements that forbid job switching is yet another example of Chair Lina Khan’s supreme confidence in her brand of medicine. Whenever delicate surgery is required she elbows the specialists aside and takes a meat cleaver to the problem.

“Who’s the Octopus Now?”

Leave to economic historian Amity Shlaes to put our 21st century’s version of class warfare into historical context.

Larry Summers’ “I Could’ve Had a V-8 Moment” on U.S. Regulators’ Persecution of U.S. Tech Companies

Former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers, who presciently warned the Biden Administration that blowout bills like the Inflation Reduction Act would actually generate inflation, is now slapping his head about the strange, perverse war that same administration is waging on America’s most innovative tech companies.

Progressive Antitrust’s Agenda Is a Perverse Rx for a Nation in Debt

Wildflowers are blooming, the sun lingers, and President Joe Biden believes the recent jump in employment means his economy is showing green shoots of renewal. But the American people are not buying it. A recent CBS News poll reveals that 59 percent of Americans believe the state of the economy under Biden is bad.

Progressive Antitrust’s Remarkable Sense of Timing

April 15, 2024 One of the most remarkable accomplishments of this administration is the keen sense of timing it brings…

Will Court Kick Lina Khan’s Case Against Meta’s to the Curb – Again?

What constitutes a market? Define it narrowly enough, and progressive antitrusters can find a monopoly anywhere. Draw lines around a market for “chicken sandwiches not sold on Sunday,” and you can charge Chick-fil-A with being a monopoly. Define a market for red-headed comedians who rely on props and you can charge Carrot Top … Okay, go ahead and charge Carrot Top. But you get the point.

Mimi Walters Explains Why DOJ’s Apple Lawsuit Is an Attempt to Dismantle the Free Market

Former Rep. Mimi Walters writes in The National Review: “The Department of Justice’s lawsuit against Apple is weak, it seeks to substitute central planning for consumer preference, and it will threaten innovation.”

What Larry Fink Misses About the Coming Social Security Crunch

This is rich, in every sense of the word.

BlackRock’s CEO Larry Fink in his annual letter warned Baby Boomers that younger generations “believe my generation – the baby boomers – have focused on their own financial well-being to the detriment of who comes next. And in the case of retirement, they’re right.”

Khanservatives, Whores, and Socialism

March 25, 2024 “Khanservatives” like Sen. Josh Hawley, Sen. J.D. Vance, and Rep. Matt Gaetz are throwing their lot in…