by Dan Mitchell | Jan 8, 2016 | Big Government, Blogs
When I first read about armed protesters taking over a federal building in Oregon, I thought some nutjobs were about to cause some real trouble. Was this a right-wing version of the loons from the Occupy Wall Street movement, only with guns? Then I learned that the...
by Dan Mitchell | Jan 7, 2016 | Blogs, Crime, Society
In my analysis of the best and worst developments of 2015, I suggested that growing resistance to gun control is something we should celebrate. Particularly since we have a President who is relentless (though fortunately ineffective) in launching ideological attacks...
by Dan Mitchell | Jan 6, 2016 | Blogs, Flat Tax, Taxation
When I compared the tax reform proposals of various 2016 presidential candidates last month, Ben Carson got the best grade by a slight margin. But I’ve now decided to boost his overall grade from a B+ to A-, or perhaps even A, because he’s finally released details and...
by Dan Mitchell | Jan 5, 2016 | Blogs, Europe, Health Care
In 2009, Paul Krugman assured his readers that government-run healthcare was a good idea, writing that “In Britain, the government itself runs the hospitals and employs the doctors. We’ve all heard scare stories about how that works in practice; these stories are...
by Dan Mitchell | Jan 4, 2016 | Big Government, Blogs, Economics
I remember feeling like an outlier a few years ago when so many people were waxing rhapsodic about a glowing economic outlook for Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa. These so-called BRICS nations were enjoying some decent growth at the time, but I was not...
