by Dan Mitchell | Jan 26, 2021 | Blogs, Economics
I rarely write about media bias, but I sometimes come across stories that cry out for correction because of blatant inaccuracies. The New York Times asserting that government schools are “starved of funding” when taxpayer subsidies actually have...
by Dan Mitchell | Jan 20, 2021 | Big Government, Blogs, Economics, Regulations, Trade
Since both political parties have sent good and bad people to the White House, I don’t think it makes much sense to compare all Democratic presidents vs all Republican presidents. But we can learn a lot by looking at the track record of specific presidents....
by Dan Mitchell | Jan 13, 2021 | Blogs, Uncategorized
Since I’m a policy wonk, I rarely play the role of political pundit other than biennial election predictions. But I’m getting a lot of requests to comment about Trump, especially in light of the recent protest/riot/insurrection and the ongoing political fallout...
by Dan Mitchell | Nov 8, 2020 | Blogs, Uncategorized
Even though my 2020 prediction for the presidential race was much more accurate than my 2016 prediction, I’m definitely a policy wonk rather than a political pundit. That being said, I’m very interested in elections because voting patterns eventually can translate...
by Dan Mitchell | Nov 4, 2020 | Blogs
For what it’s worth, my presidential prediction for 2020 will probably turn out to be more accurate than my presidential prediction for 2016. But I doubt anyone cares about that. Let’s instead look at what happened last night (and, in some cases, what is still...
