Many probably share the exhaustion with a political campaign that constantly strays from relevance. I do not know how much of this is just the reality of a modern campaign, incompetence of the candidates, loss of control of the process,
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“Few skills are so well rewarded as the ability to convince parasites that they are victims.” Thomas Sowell “When the laws of nature reassert themselves, we want to blame the charlatans who sold the snake oil rather than the fools
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I have several posts that center on the clarification of income inequality myths. The best single source is the book Income and Wealth by Alan Reynolds. You can use the search field at the upper right on this blog to
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The organization of politics against Israel had moved from the Middle East into the world arena. Outrages became bolder year by year: Cuba, which jails people for circulating the Human Rights Declaration, became vice chair of the U.N. Human Rights
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We all benefit from an economy that is growing, but growth is slowed by an endless array of friction costs mandated by the government. When the economy is robust these friction costs appear to be minimal because they can be
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from Commentary Magazine online by Evelyn Gordon, 3/7/12, Why Do Arabs and Muslims Keep Trying to Move to the “Apartheid State”? Excerpts: During the first 11 months of last year alone, for instance, 13,851 illegal migrants entered Israel from Sinai; the
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It’s the Economy, Stupid How well James Carville summed up the election strategy that propelled William Jefferson Clinton to victory over George H. Bush. Only a year before the election Bush had a 90% approval rating after the success of
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The five most expensive words in politics- “We have to do something.” The need to be concerned about the ‘community’ has never been invoked to push for fiscal prudence, yet that is the best thing we can do for a stable community.
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Tim Geithner scolded Wall Street for its complaints about excess regulation in his Wall Street Journal editorial Financial Crisis Amnesia, March 1, 2012. In Forbes columnist Charles Kadlec responds in Tim Geithner Covers for Corruption on Pennsylvania Avenue, 3/5/12. Excerpt: But, the culpability of
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Posted in today’s American Thinker I wrote How Big Government Conservatism Paved the Way to More Liberalism Excerpt: All of these factions of the conservative movement saw the government as the tool of change. They favored a big government and
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Daniel Hannan hits a home run in the UK The Telegraph with Memo to the Occupy Protesters: here are ten things we evil capitalists really think. Hannan item number 5: We are not against equality. We generally recognize the benefits in
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Kelo vs. The City of New London was both landmark case decided by the Supreme Court in 2005. In a 5/4 decision this CONSERVATIVE court decided that the city of New London could force Suzette Kelo to sell her house
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I just finished reading Capitol Punishment by Jack Ambramoff, the notorious lobbyist who served years in federal prison for numerous crimes related to his lobbying activities. I remain cautious of such memoirs of the guilty because they are so often
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