The term "allowance" may make you think of money a parent gives to a child. But married partners sometimes use it, too. Here's what to try instead.
As the legislative session unfolded in Indianapolis, a theme emerged – the government must be more accountable to the people. Gov. Eric Holcomb's recent signing of a suite of new bills ensures that Indiana’s courts and executive agencies are serving their proper roles and not abusing their power. Hoosiers across the state will benefit from these reforms. House Bill 1003, brought by Rep. Gregory Steuerwald, ensures the deck is not stacked in favor of government...
Financial literacy is the least expensive and most effective tool for community economic development in existence, writes John Hope Bryant, yet we don't use it.
It is folklore that middle-class Americans received perpetual relief in the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017. Here's how to prepare for changes on the horizon.
Main Streets where everyone knows your name, tight-knit communities that come together to share and solve problems, and backroads that wind through crop fields as far as the eye can see. These are only a few examples of what made my experience growing up in small-town Iowa – and all those in rural communities across the country – such a special one. Unfortunately, more and more of our rural friends feel left behind and disconnected from a shared future of progress with their...
As a mutiny appears to be building from the right flank to clip House Speaker Mike Johnson from his post, the Louisianan is forging ahead to put a U.S. national security aid package to back war-torn Ukraine and Israel. One of those Republicans who has been an outspoken critic of Johnson is Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX) who appeared on CNN's "The Lead" with Jake Tapper to express his souring on his fellow conservative colleague. "I would rather us do our job, try to move this stuff forward and work...
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) had kind words for far-left CNN host Jake Tapper Wednesday after the cameras appeared to turn dark.
Economists Richard Vedder and Lowell Gallaway contend that “the seven years from the autumn of 1922 to the autumn of 1929 were arguably the brightest period in the economic history of the United States.” This decade is often described as the “Roaring Twenties” or “Coolidge Prosperity” for the significant economic growth and entrepreneurship that occurred. It is also a decade of controversy, and many economists and historians continue to debate whether or not the seeds of the...
The Democratic opposition to Donald Trump is getting shut down by mobs shouting abuse at Joe Biden supporters and disrupting events with physical intimidation and racial epithets — but it's not rabid Trump supporters who are partaking in this particular brand of "illiberal and dangerous" behavior, a columnist wrote Tuesday.It's members of the far-left, particularly pro-Palestinian activists. New Yorker columnist Jonathan Chait wrote that pro-Palestinian activists are either trying to teach the...
In a joint op-ed, leaders of France, Egypt and Jordan warned Israel on Monday against a threatened offensive in the southern Gaza city of Rafah, urging an "immediate" ceasefire in its war on Hamas.
In recent years, Atlanta has become a destination for Americans fleeing some of the nation’s worst-run cities. While families often find lower taxes, better housing opportunities, and far more greenery than they had in the places they come from, they are also more likely to be met by some uninvited guests. Across Metro Atlanta, there are 1,200 homes illegally occupied against the wishes of the property owner, according to an estimate from the National Rental Home Council last...
On September 21, 1970, the New York Times ran its first “op-ed” page. Short for “opposite the editorial,” this new feature provided space for writers with no relationship to the newspaper’s editorial board to express their views.