by Henry Oliner | Jan 31, 2012 | Politics
The GOP is split into four overlapping factions: the libertarians, fundamentalist theocrats, pragmatic Republicans and the Tea Party. It would be ideal that a leader would emerge that would unite the factions, but that will be unlikely. What is more likely is that...
by Henry Oliner | Jan 30, 2012 | Economics, Politics
Cato’s David Boaz writes Occupy Pennsylvania Avenue in The Cato Policy Report for Jan/ Feb 2012 Excerpt: The libertarian argument for keeping more of society in the private sector is not that there’s no self-interest or corruption in business; it is that...
by Henry Oliner | Jan 30, 2012 | Economics, Politics
Mark Perry analyzes the current Bureau of Labor Statistics unemployment data is his blog, Carpe Diem, a required daily read for me. Excerpt from Interesting Facts from Today’s Employment Report, 1/6/12: The unemployment rate for workers with a college degree...
by Henry Oliner | Jan 28, 2012 | Politics
The history of unions in the American workforce is wrapped up in their quest for political power. Originally unions sought equality in the workforce with the holders of the capital that employed them. Unifying was a natural choice. But their power devolved because...
by Henry Oliner | Jan 28, 2012 | Politics
Rick Moran writes in Pajamas Media, The Death of Pragmatism, 1/27/12 In his article about the evisceration of centrism he quotes from the movie, The American President: We have serious problems to solve, and we need serious people to solve them. And whatever your...
