McArdle: Trump disgusts Republicans. What are they going to do about it?
If Donald Trump wants to see how much lower he can push his approval ratings, there is little his party can do to stop him. They can impeach him --...
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McArdle: How Dodd-Frank hurts the poor
Regulators often get very interested in two-sided markets, because their complicated and often opaque pricing leaves ample room for lawmakers and bureaucrats to decide that some price is unfair.
McArdle: Congress achieves bipartisan failure on health care
Both parties are deeply responsible for the health care mess we are now in. But neither party looks likely to take responsibility for its own failures, much less for fixing...
McArdle: Conservatives are souring on colleges. Blame colleges.
Colleges have readily supplied conservatives with images of an institution that is not merely left-leaning, but actively hostile to conservatives, as conservative speech on campus has increasingly been threatened.
McArdle: Seattle’s painful lesson on the road to a $15 minimum wage
As Seattle's minimum wage moves in stages toward $15 an hour, city officials are discovering what happens when rising wages encroach on businesses' profitability.
McArdle: Why not try “Medicare for all”? Glad you asked
When arguing about health care in this country, those favoring some sort of government-led system always come back to one argument: Medicare is great, so why not expand it to...
McArdle: What you’re missing when you work from home
When I read that Apple and IBM were moving away from telecommuting and toward more traditional office-time requirements, my first thought was: "What took them so long?"
McArdle: Berkeley once stood for free speech, but now it caves
Berkeley has taken a stand for quite different values: for appeasing bullies, silencing speech, and telling the victims to cringe silently in a corner.
McArdle: The new party of “no” can paralyze Washington
Like the Republicans during the Obama presidency, Democrats are discovering the sweet, toddler-like joys of just saying "no" to everything.
McArdle: The Republican plan is even worse than Obamacare
Republicans focused on getting a point on the board in repealing Obamacare aren't considering whether the sacrifices they need to get that point might end up costing them the game.