by Henry Oliner | Jul 29, 2012 | Economics
Charles Murray writes in the Review section of the weekend Wall Street Journal, July 28-29/12, Why Capitalism Has an Image Problem. Excerpt: The objective changes in capitalism as it is practiced plausibly account for much of the hostility toward capitalism. But they...
by Henry Oliner | Jul 29, 2012 | Uncategorized
The Tolerance Enforcers by Mark Steyn in The National Review puts his acerbic wit to the Chick-fil-A controvery: Excerpt: But, if you’re a feminist or a gay or any of the other house pets in the Democrat menagerie, you might want to look at Rahm Emanuel’s pirouette,...
by Henry Oliner | Jul 28, 2012 | Uncategorized
The mayors of Chicago and Boston have let it be known that Chick-fil-A is not welcome in their town. Regardless of the merits of accepting gay marriage on an equal footing with traditional marriage, I find it bothersome that a political leader- even on a local basis-...
by Henry Oliner | Jul 28, 2012 | Economics, Politics
In the July 27, 2012 Wall Street Journal the editors write The 1.5% Presidency Excerpt: The tragedy of the Obama Presidency is that it ignored the supply side: the producers, the risk-takers, the salary earners who put in 50 and 60 hours a week to get ahead. They have...
by Henry Oliner | Jul 28, 2012 | Health Care
Cliff Asness writes The Healthcare Myths We Must Confront in The American, 6/29/12. Excerpt: Myth #2: The pre-ObamaCare system was ‘insurance’ It was not a system of insurance. Insurance, as practiced everywhere else but healthcare, is about catastrophes. What we had...
