by Dan Mitchell | Feb 14, 2010 | Blogs, Free Market
I was vaguely aware the there was a school choice system in the Netherlands, but I had no idea how good it was. Nearly three-fourths of all schools are privately controlled. Not surprisingly, the Dutch score very highly compared to other nations. Here’s some of...
by Dan Mitchell | Feb 3, 2010 | Big Government, Blogs, Free Market, Privacy
Maybe I have an outdated copy, but I don’t see college football listed in the enumerated powers of the Congress. And it doesn’t seem to be mentioned in any of the amendments. Yet the busybodies in Washington now want to exert their control over how the...
by Dan Mitchell | Jan 29, 2010 | Blogs, Economic Growth, Free Market
The Washington establishment rallied behind Ben Bernanke, so the Fed Chairman was confirmed for another term. But this is precisely why he is the wrong man for the job. As the Wall Street Journal opines, Bernanke is guilty of two sins. His track record on monetary...
by Dan Mitchell | Jan 28, 2010 | Big Government, Blogs, Free Market
When people ask me about global warming, or climate change, or whatever they’re calling it now, I freely admit that I’m not a climatologist and thus have no informed opinion on whether the planet is warming due to human activity (or whether this, on net,...
by Dan Mitchell | Jan 25, 2010 | Big Government, Blogs, Free Market, Privacy
Arnold Kling and Nick Schulz have a great column in USA Today explaining why we should let private companies be in charge of airline security. As a frequent traveler, I wish this would happen, but governments rarely give up power once they have expanded into a new...
