by Dan Mitchell | Dec 17, 2022 | Blogs, Education
A big advantage of living in a constitutional republic is that individual rights are protected from “tyranny of the majority.” Assuming courts are doing their job, it doesn’t matter if 90 percent of voters support restrictions on free...
by Dan Mitchell | Oct 4, 2015 | Big Government, Blogs, Economics
Whenever I need to explain the difference between socialism and capitalism, I start by noting that socialism technically is different from Obama-style big-government redistributionism and cronyism. Socialism involves something more pervasive, involving government...
by Dan Mitchell | Nov 26, 2012 | Big Government, Blogs, Regulations
The United Nations may be useful as a forum for world leaders, but it is not a productive place to develop policy. The international bureaucracy compulsively supports statist initiatives that would reduce individual liberty and expand the burden of government. Global...
by Dan Mitchell | Jun 2, 2012 | Big Government, Blogs, Regulations, States
I spend much of my time focusing on the dangers of a bloated federal government. And if you’ve ever paid attention to the name of this blog, you know I have a special interest in monitoring the ill-advised actions of foreign governments. But that doesn’t mean I have a...
by Dan Mitchell | Dec 17, 2010 | Big Government, Blogs, Regulations
Some ideas are so horrible that I’m almost at a loss for words. The United Nations is a grotesquely wasteful and corrupt international bureaucracy with a long track record of failure and incompetence. Yet some people think this collection of looters, moochers, and...
