More about libertarianism, fusionism, and the Romney campaign
Jason Pye has written a great blog post about libertarians and the Romney campaign already. He asked me my opinion about it, perhaps even with the possibility of a “point-counterpoint” sort of thing. I...
View ArticleNew Paper: Cronyism & Lobbyists Are By-Products of Big Government
I know we’re focused pretty intensely on the elections, which are only two weeks away, but we always need to focus as well on underlying principles and concepts that drive our economy and our...
View ArticleAs USS Enterprise Retired, A Question: Why So Many Aircraft Carriers?
Over the weekend, the USS Enterprise—the real one, not James T. Kirk’s ship—was retired in Virginia:NORFOLK, Va. (AP) - The world’s first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier was retired from active...
View ArticleLA Gov. Bobby Jindal: Get Government Out of Birth Control
In an excellent piece urging that oral contraception become available over the counter that ran in this morning’s print edition of the Wall Street Journal (subscription may be required), Louisiana...
View ArticleAre the NSA data collection programs hurting the economy?
What happens when businesses aren’t able to provide the service that customers were promised? That’s right: customers get mad.The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has published a report indicating...
View ArticleTSA doesn't get the job done, should we abolish it?
When essential service providers don’t have competitors to worry about, consumers become hopelessly dependent and often frustrated, wondering how much better life could be if they were offered the...
View Article72% of Americans See Big Government as the Greatest Threat
Since Barack Obama took office in 2009, more Americans say that big government is a much greater threat to the country than big business. The latest Gallup shows that the number of Americans who...
View ArticleTime for a New Narrative on Food Stamps
By this time, if you follow politics at all, chances are you’ve heard a lot about the farm bill. Passed Tuesday, this bill represents nearly $1 trillion in new spending, with typical promises for...
View ArticleNew America Foundation, Google, and the Obama Administration.
Google claims its business philosophy is the simple, warm-and-fuzzy, “Don’t be evil.” But behind the scenes, the data-trolling and -selling operations the company perpetrates on end-users could hardly...
View ArticleWe Should Defund Planned Parenthood, But Not Over Abortion
In case the headline wasn’t clear enough, this post is not about abortion. That sentence may be the only time I use the word at all. But this is definitely about Planned Parenthood and why it should...
View Article"No More Solyndras?" Well, maybe just one more...
House Republicans have recently put forward a new bill, H.R. 6213, otherwise known as the “No More Solyndras Act.” It was passed by the House Energy & Commerce Committee on August 1st, and sounds...
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