by Dan Mitchell | Dec 27, 2018 | Blogs
Back in 2014, I wrote a feel-good story from Ferguson, Missouri, about how armed black men protected a white-owned store during riots that wreaked havoc in the city. Sarah Silverman surely wouldn’t approve, but I thought it was a heartwarming combination of human...
by Dan Mitchell | Dec 26, 2018 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending
I often write about the failure of government. The federal government launched a multi-trillion dollar War on Poverty and the poverty rate, which had been consistently falling, now is stuck around 13 percent. Governments at all levels have pumped ever-increasing...
by Dan Mitchell | Dec 25, 2018 | Blogs, Uncategorized
In the past, I’ve highlighted Christmas rivalries. Is Santa Claus liberal or conservative? Do we want a Christmas that celebrates political correctness or mocks political correctness? How about an Ayn Rand vs Karl Marx Christmas? Or how about Ted Cruz vs Karl Marx on...
by Dan Mitchell | Dec 24, 2018 | Big Government, Blogs, Economics, Free Market
I wrote a column earlier this month about the “world’s most depressing tweet,” which came from the Census Bureau and noted that the suburbs of Washington, DC, are the richest parts of America. To be sure, I was engaging in a bit of hyperbole since a tweet about...
by Dan Mitchell | Dec 23, 2018 | Blogs
I’m not as eloquent on the issue as Professor Daniel Lin, but I recently explained on Fox Business that government subsidies for higher education have enabled big increases in tuition, an outcome that has been good for bureaucrats and bad for students. In effect, this...
