Our Caudillo President »
By Ben Stein
As I write this on Monday night, there are rumors around that BP will agree to President Barack Obama’s demand that the oil giant “voluntarily” put about $30 billion into a fund to be administered by the government to compensate victims of the Gulf of Mexico oil disaster.
Now, no one disputes that this is a real disaster and that BP acted irresponsibly in commissioning Trans-Ocean and …
PodCast: Conversations with George Landrith »
Heather Bachman discusses the issues with George Landrith, the president of Frontiers of Freedom Institute.
Click here to listen to: Conversations with George Landrith…
The Golden Age of Government Unions is Over »
By Neal Boortz
People are finally starting to catch on, at least we can hope that they are. The jig is up for government union workers. The people are sick and tired of footing the bill, in the form of tax increases, for the ever-increasing salaries and benefits of government union workers while they, the taxpayers, are having to cut back. Meanwhile, one would expect that the more you pay …
You're losing your plan: ObamaCare's true face emerges »
By SCOTT GOTTLIEB
Late last week saw the first leaks of the administration’s draft regulations for implementing the ObamaCare law — and everything is playing out just as the critics warned.
The 3,000-odd pages of legislation left most of the really important (and controversial) policy decisions to the regulations that government agencies were told to issue once the bill passed. Now that those regs are starting to take shape, it’s …
Which America will it be after 2010? »
BY J.C. WATTS
Let’s take stock of where the United States is going.
The nation has a $1.4 trillion deficit and is $13 trillion in debt. Retirement security for millions of Americans is in jeopardy. The new health care law slashes Medicare by $500 billion over 10 years, destroys the traditional doctor-patient relationship and imposes new taxes. Continuing illegal immigration takes jobs from unemployed Americans, and the illegals take from …
Economics Test »
These questions were given to a group of people to test the economic literacy of members of each political party. Instead of just posting the results I thought it would be more interesting to give the same test to the readers of this site and see how well you do against the other groups. I’ll post the article detailing the results of the test along with your scores next Thursday …
U.S. Embraces Model That's Failed Europe »
The newspaper headlines say it all. On the one hand, “Crisis Imperils Liberal Benefits Long Expected by Europeans,” while in this country: “Private Pay Plummets, Government Handouts Soar.”
The modern European welfare state has proven unsustainable. From Greece to Britain, from France to Portugal, European countries are slashing social welfare benefits, raising the retirement age and dismantling government bureaucracies. Yet, even as Europe is learning that you can’t forever rob …
Can Black Americans Afford Obama? »
by Walter E. WilliamsMy March 2008 column “Is Obama Ready for America?” started out: “Some pundits ask whether America is ready for Obama. The much more important question is whether Obama is ready for America and even more important is whether black people can afford Obama.” Let’s look at this.
In 1947, Jackie Robinson, in signing a contract with the Brooklyn Dodgers, broke the color bar in Major League …
Free to Choose »
by John StosselAmerica’s current struggles notwithstanding, life here is pretty good. We have a standard of living that’s the envy of most of the world.
Why did that happen? Prosperity isn’t the norm. Throughout history and throughout the world, poverty has been the norm. Most of the world still lives in dire poverty. Of the 6 billion people on earth, perhaps 1 billion have something close to our standard …
Need it tomorrow? »
By Jerry Stanton
Whether it’s hard-to-find replacement parts, legal documents, merchandise or a child’s favorite toy, next-day delivery is a service we Americans have grown to depend on. Overnight or second-day delivery saves time, money and personal frustration, and strong competition in the express-delivery industry has created an amazingly reliable system.
The aggressive competition in the air express industry keeps shipping charges reasonable and stimulates better service. With markets expanding …