Interest rates are heading down. Maybe not today, and maybe not tomorrow, but soon, and for the rest of this year (at least).

I’m not a Barbie fan. She made me and my friends feel bad about ourselves for being built like real girls, back in the day. I only reluctantly watched the movie, once it was free on a streaming service, so I could participate in the national debate.

Bidenomics has made life miserable for many American families struggling with higher prices for food and other staples. But while private-sector stiffs face challenges navigating the wreckage of the president’s policies, federal government employees will have it a bit easier in 2024.

Iran is an American enemy already, a pal with China and Russia, economically up-and-at-’em, more than a little pleased about its missile and warhead accomplishments, capable of producing nuclear weapons in a hurry and now in a war with Israel making the world less safe every minute. Possible consequences include a second international cold war threatening disastrous American decline or, conceivably, even a third world war.

Regardless of your perspective, Harvard looks bad right now — and that’s good for America.

Cross her off the list.

As we enter a presidential election year, pundits are focused on the incessant drama — criminal and otherwise — swirling around a potential rematch between Joe Biden and Donald Trump. But there’s more at stake — in particular, the U.S. Senate.

For eight years, the U.S. State Department has offered a reward of up to $5 million for information on the whereabouts of Saleh Arouri, a Hamas terrorist whose hands were dripping red.

Twenty years ago, when I was hiring teachers for the private K-12 school I founded, I knew better than to recruit certified teachers. That’s right—I didn’t want to hire certified teachers. Why?

The Inflation Reduction Act, signed by President Joe Biden more than a year ago, is a game-changing law that invests hundreds of billions of dollars to fight climate change and boost renewable energy.

That the Supreme Court of Israel issued its decisive opinion knocking down the narrow governing coalition of Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu’s terrible plan to undermine the country’s independent judiciary in the midst of a national mobilization for a war with Hamas is exactly what independent judges are supposed to do.

Tax rates do matter. Consider the financial implications of baseball superstar Shohei Ohtani’s new contract.

President Joe Biden last month demonstrated the proper use of presidential clemency power when he pardoned thousands of people who had been convicted of various nonviolent marijuana violations on federal land.

In a ruling last week, the Michigan Supreme Court allowed Donald Trump to remain on the Republican primary ballot, rejecting the argument that the 14th Amendment’s ban on holding public office for government officials who’d previously engaged in insurrection against the United States disqualified the former president.

In this era of movie sequels and remakes, a question sparked during my annual viewing of “It’s a Wonderful Life.” What would Clarence the angel show George Bailey today? In my reimagining of the film for 2024, I made the protagonist vegan. That way, audiences could witness the profound positive ripple effect that one person can have on the planet and all its inhabitants.

Let’s start with the good news about the first session of the 118th Congress. Lawmakers successfully avoided — or postponed — any major self-inflicted disasters. The debt limit was extended on time, averting a potential default. Temporary spending bills were passed before the deadline, twice, pushing any possible federal government shutdown until January. And several other key programs, such as those contained in the farm bill, similarly were extended.