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Monthly Archives: March 2010
A Must Read
Want to know why the nation seems to becoming more polarized? Walter Williams hits a home run explaining it in this week’s column, Conflict or Cooperation. The prime feature of political decision-making is that it’s a zero-sum game. One person’s … Continue reading
Posted in Changing Minds, Critical Thinking, Government, Liberty, Politics
Tagged freedom, Politics, Walter Willams
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Good Intentions, Bad Results
A colleague today mentioned she is working with her employer and the IRS to straighten out her working relationship. She’s been working as contractor for the employer for several years and for whatever reasons it suits her and her employer. … Continue reading
Food Control
In this post a few days ago I explained how politicians might make the case to control shelf space in your local grocery store to sell more wholesome foods like apples. Coincidentally, I read this post today on John Stossel’s … Continue reading
Posted in Critical Thinking, Economics, Feedback, Government, Health Care, Trade Offs
Tagged Health School Meals Act, John Stossel, Politics
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Slippery Slope
We’re on it folks. HT to Cafe Hayek for the link to this video of Pelosi justifying government force. It’s about a minute long and worth watching. In it she justifies the penalty of jail time for not following the … Continue reading
Posted in Economics, Government, Health Care, Liberty
Tagged emergency room, Health Care, Pelosi
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What about those who can’t afford health insurance?
A family member asked me this as we discussed health care. This question that rests on the minds of many who are convinced that the government must do something about health care and even those who aren’t so sure, but … Continue reading
Posted in Critical Thinking
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The Only Difference is Who Decides
Ronald Reagan once said: All systems are capitalist. It’s just a matter of who owns and controls the capital – ancient king, dictator or private individual. In today’s Wall Street Journal, Phil Gramm expresses a similar sentiment about health care. … Continue reading
Posted in Capitalism, Critical Thinking, Debate, Education, Feedback, Liberty, Trade Offs
Tagged Phil Gramm, Wall Street Journal
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Why K-12 Education Isn’t Working
From today’s Opinion in the Wall Street Journal, Why Freer Schools are Better Schools by Philip Howard. I agree. Public school failure can be traced directly to the technique of reform: centralized legal dictates. A steady accretion of law since … Continue reading
What Are They Running?
I think one of the problems with those in government today is that they believe it’s their job to run the country, rather than run government.
Poisoned the Well
When Steve Forbes writes about you like this, you have to question what you’ve done. This is from Forbes’s most recent Fact and Comment column in Forbes magazine. A Grotesquerie With an ice-cold disdain for public opinion and an obsession … Continue reading →