by Dan Mitchell | Oct 17, 2016 | Big Government, Blogs
A few years ago, I put together an amusing collection of stories comparing truly bizarre examples of political correctness and bureaucratic idiocy in the United States and the United Kingdom. I was especially impressed (in a you-must-be-joking fashion) that a British...
by Dan Mitchell | Aug 5, 2016 | Blogs, Crime, Economics, Society
I thought it was a remarkable development last year when a columnist from the New York Times reported that supposedly pro-feminist policies actually backfire against women. Maybe this would help readers recognize that there are adverse unintended consequences of...
by Dan Mitchell | Dec 20, 2015 | Blogs, Economics, Free Market
I wondered about my career choices last night because I was stuck with the very unpleasant task of live-tweeting the Democrat presidential debate. Cleaning out septic tanks would have been a more enjoyable way to spend my time. Of all the crazy things that were...
by Dan Mitchell | Apr 15, 2015 | Blogs, Economics, Taxation
I realize it’s tax week and I should be condemning our convoluted tax code and oppressive IRS. But I can’t resist getting diverted to another topic. It’s time to debunk the notion that there is rampant sexism in the private economy that causes women to by...
by Dan Mitchell | Apr 2, 2015 | Blogs, Society
When describing their view of government and public policy, libertarians and constitutional conservatives sometimes use a variation of this phrase: “Not everything that’s illegal is immoral, and not everything that’s immoral should be illegal.” To put this in tangible...
