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Walter Williams’ recent article, Liberty Versus Socialism, reminds us that government control of our personal lives leads to a loss of liberty. Read his full post. A fortnight ago, I wrote about Mississippi Legislature House Bill 282 that would have imposed fines or revoked licenses of food establishments that served obese people. Fortunately, the measure…
As you may know, the bill that came out of the House did not include any extension of unemployment benefits. Now, the Senate committee reviewing the bill wants to add a temporary plan for an extension of benefits. Michelle Malkin has a source who is a staffer in one of the House sub-committees who forwarded…
During the past decade, there has been this push to change the definition of words. Don’t like the definition of marriage? Go change it. How about the definition of an expulsion? When I was in high school, if you got expelled, you were expected to never step foot on campus again, period. These days, a…
The Hartford Courant – along with a bunch of other MSM outlets – released an AP news story detailing how more and more people are falling behind on their credit card debt. The value of credit card accounts at least 30 days late jumped 26 percent to $17.3 billion in October from a year earlier…
My dad was an economics major in college and I enjoy the subject even though I don’t understand all of it. That said, I started reading a post this morning in the UK Guardian referencing current economics students and how they need to expand their training to more than neoclassical theory.
Personally, I think federal spending has been out of control for decades, starting with the New Deal programs that began the incremental shift of project funding from states and local communities to the federal government. That trickle – if you can call it that – may now equal or surpass the power and flow of Niagara Falls.
I’ve written frequently about decisions that must be made when costs increase for owners and managers of business. Increased costs include mandated government minimum wages, and Ball State University recently published a policy brief on who lost the jobs when the minimum wage increased.
It is with great sorrow and sadness that I report tonight that the Sound Off Sister’s husband and best friend, “Rip” Van Wickler, passed on last night. Rip was a great brother in law, a fellow conservatarian, and the most tolerant person I think I ever met. Each summer at their house on the Cape,…
Cap and Trade is a complete scam. Designed to cap growth in the US economy.
… are at the gun store. Talk of a possible ban on assault weapons has dealers and buyers scrambling. A few days after Attorney General Eric Holder mentioned that the Obama administration would like to make some gun-related changes, including reinstituting a ban on the sale of certain types of assault weapons, local gun dealers…