by Henry Oliner | Sep 30, 2011 | Israel
In September of 2007 the Israelis destroyed the Al Kibar nuclear plant in Syria that was under construction. It got a little press at the time, but many people have dashed this action from their memory. Clifford May writes about this action in National Review in...
by Henry Oliner | Sep 28, 2011 | Philosophy, Politics, Taxes
Elizabeth Warren is running against Scott Brown in Massachusetts. She has elicited praises from liberals for her comment that “no body got rich on their own.” She added “part of the underlying social contract is you take a hunk of that (your...
by Henry Oliner | Sep 28, 2011 | Politics, Taxes
Suppose you had no job and no investments. All of your assets existed in your checking account. The only tax you paid was a six per cent sales tax. A friend of yours has a job and pays 25% income tax. He complains that since you are paying just a six percent tax...
by Henry Oliner | Sep 27, 2011 | Politics, Taxes
Charles Schwab makes a critical point in Every Job Requires an Entrepreneur in the 9/29/11 Wall Street Journal. Excerpts: We cannot tax our way out of this. We cannot artificially stimulate our way out of this. We cannot regulate our way out of this. Shaming the...
by Henry Oliner | Sep 27, 2011 | Military
There are a few myths that are repeated but never questioned. Ann Marlow dispels one such myth in her Wall Street Journal article The Truth About Who Fights for Us, 9/27/11. Excerpts: Indeed, the Heritage report showed that “low-income families are...
