Kathy Hochul’s Seller’s Remorse

Governor Kathy Hochul of New York has a bad case of seller’s remorse. Back in 2022, Hochul built upon the work of her predecessor, Andrew Cuomo, in making the case that Republicans were unwelcome in the Empire State. “Just jump on a bus and head down to Florida where you belong, okay,” Hochul said of … Read more

Trump’s Temporary Waiver of the Jones Act Only Illustrates Why the Law Should Be Permanently Trashed

The Trump administration has issued a 60-day waiver of a federal law that limits the number of ships allowed to carry goods between American ports. The move, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt wrote in a post on Twitter, is meant to “mitigate the short-term disruptions to the oil market” caused by the ongoing war … Read more

The Elevator Problem: How Rent-Seeking and Regulation Make Modern Life Unaffordable

If we want affordable, accessible, mid-rise construction, we need more elevators. Why are we building so few of them? n July 8, 2024, a guest essay by Stephen Smith on elevator policy was published in The New York Times. Though this may seem like a rather dry topic at first glance, Smith’s essay quickly dispelled … Read more