The Collectivist-Utopians (my new name for Progressives) lament the current economic environment as something that the government must ‘fix’, we must ‘do stimulus’ (a statement that only a breathless policy wonk who hasn’t had a real job in their life can say), we must prevent economic contractions at all costs. The Libertarians (me, for example) [...]
Perhaps our federal government is just too busy meddling in health care, or energy or making sure that bailed-out bankers can still get huge paychecks, but really, I cannot believe what I’m reading about the terrorist attempt that barely missed killing three hundred or so Americans on Christmas day! We need to be outraged by [...]
I’ve spent years trying to understand the case for Anthropogenic Global Warming (AGW) and the substantial criticisms of it. I’m a skeptic, so I’ve listened to the criticisms, hoping to find the truth and while I’ve seen valid criticism by the likes of Roy Spencer, Patrick Michaels and Richard Lindzen (to name but a few [...]
December 15, 1791. A group of mostly rich, white men created a document that enobled the human condition in a dramatic way by passing the Bill of Rights (maybe being rich, white and male don’t exclude one from doing good after all?). While the U.S. constitution itself embraced the concept of individual sovereignty quite broadly, [...]
That’s right, just in case you had any doubt whether federal bureaucrats were out of touch with the rest of us, here comes this gem.http://www.cato-at-liberty.org/2009/12/11/federal-salaries-explode/ Anyone with a libertarian thought in their head should see this as a ‘canary in the mine’. It is mostly due to the unionization of government labor, which in term [...]
It’s all a bit much too take if you have even a whiff of understanding about free markets and wealth creation (as any good libertarian must). Earnest pols run confabs with policy wonks and leaders of industry to ‘do jobs’ (as the breathless DC insiders like to say), all gladhanding each other for the cameras [...]
“America’s commitment to global security will never waver. But in a world in which threats are more diffuse, and missions more complex, America cannot act alone. America alone cannot secure the peace. This is true in Afghanistan. This is true in failed states like Somalia, where terrorism and piracy is joined by famine and human [...]
“I believe that the tools available to the banking agencies, including the ability to require adequate capital and an effective bank receivership process are sufficient to allow the agencies to minimize the systemic risks associated with large banks. Moreover, the agencies have made clear that no bank is too-big-too-fail, so that bank management, shareholders, and [...]
Click here to see a truly funny send-up of the Obama cabinet based on their lack of public sector experience. I apologize in advance as it’s fairly offensive to those of you on the left, but I think it’s so funny that it’s worth watching. For a more balanced view on Obama’s faith in social [...]
