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James Pethokoukis

Columnist

James Pethokoukis is the DeWitt Wallace Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute where he runs the AEIdeas blog. He has also written for The New York Times, National Review, Commentary, The Weekly Standard, and other places.

Biden's next big win?
President Biden.
Opinion

Biden's next big win?

Did Russia prove China is our real rival?
Xi Jinping.
Opinion

Did Russia prove China is our real rival?

The last thing the economy needed
A hundred dollar bill.
Opinion

The last thing the economy needed

Why Russia has nukes but not much money
Bears.
Opinion

Why Russia has nukes but not much money

The Biden-toppling boomflation
President Biden.
Opinion

The Biden-toppling boomflation

Empty conservative panic over Big Tech
An error message.
Opinion

Empty conservative panic over Big Tech

Reagan's supply-side economics get a Biden update
Ronald Reagan and President Biden.
Opinion

Reagan's supply-side economics get a Biden update

Inflation is now a real, serious threat to Biden
President Biden.
Opinion

Inflation is now a real, serious threat to Biden

Why Apple's $3 trillion valuation bodes well for us all
The Apple logo.
Opinion

Why Apple's $3 trillion valuation bodes well for us all

Is nuclear fusion finally for real?
Fusion.
Opinion

Is nuclear fusion finally for real?

Grateful for Jerome Powell?
Jerome Powell.
Opinion

Grateful for Jerome Powell?

Democrats' vintage lesson on inflation
A donkey.
Opinion

Democrats' vintage lesson on inflation

Democrats' agenda is decimated. And that's okay.
President Biden.
Opinion

Democrats' agenda is decimated. And that's okay.

Will Democrats give up tax hikes to save the world?
A hundred dollar bill.
Opinion

Will Democrats give up tax hikes to save the world?

Time to settle
President Biden.
Opinion

Time to settle

A tax reckoning for the left
President Biden and AOC.
Opinion

A tax reckoning for the left

Do declining birth rates affect the economy?
Families.
Opinion

Do declining birth rates affect the economy?

Lessons of the GDP report
The Capitol.
Opinion

Lessons of the GDP report

The benefits of billionaires in space
Billionaires in space.
Opinion

The benefits of billionaires in space

The surprising warnings in Biden's budget
President Biden.
Opinion

The surprising warnings in Biden's budget

Who's right about inflation?
President Biden.
Analysis

Who's right about inflation?

The economic threats that could derail the Democrats' election dreams
A donkey.
Opinion

The economic threats that could derail the Democrats' election dreams

What the Elon Musk backlash is really about
Elon Musk.
Opinion

What the Elon Musk backlash is really about

The GOP's economic confusion
An elephant.
Opinion

The GOP's economic confusion

Does America really have an infrastructure crisis?
Biden infrastructure.
Opinion

Does America really have an infrastructure crisis?

Biden risks the future to juice the present
President Biden.
Opinion

Biden risks the future to juice the present

America is headed back to space. This time we'll stay there.
A rocket ship.
Feature

America is headed back to space. This time we'll stay there.

Democrats' dangerous inflation assumption
An apple.
Opinion

Democrats' dangerous inflation assumption

Biden is not going to get his $1.9 trillion stimulus plan. And that's okay.
President Biden.
Opinion

Biden is not going to get his $1.9 trillion stimulus plan. And that's okay.

The conservative case for Trump's Twitter ban
President Trump.
Opinion

The conservative case for Trump's Twitter ban

Shouldn't Wall Street be more concerned about the Capitol insurrection?
The Capitol riot.
Opinion

Shouldn't Wall Street be more concerned about the Capitol insurrection?

Hollywood besmirches Ronald Reagan again
Ronald Reagan.
Opinion

Hollywood besmirches Ronald Reagan again

Let's not screw up the U.S. economy now
The Capitol building.
Feature

Let's not screw up the U.S. economy now

Is the great stagnation over?
Climbing stairs.
Opinion

Is the great stagnation over?

What progressives get wrong about 'corporate welfare'
Bernie Sanders.
Opinion

What progressives get wrong about 'corporate welfare'

Cheer up, Democrats: Biden could've easily lost
Joe Biden.
Opinion

Cheer up, Democrats: Biden could've easily lost