by Dan Mitchell | Feb 4, 2016 | Big Government, Blogs
Once again, I threw myself on a proverbial grenade. Yes, that means I watched politicians last night as part of the Cato Institute’s live-tweeting about issues that were raised (or not raised) in the CNN Townhall featuring Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton. Although...
by Dan Mitchell | Jan 31, 2016 | Blogs, Taxation
What’s the difference between Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton? I suspect that most people would cite differences in personal ethics, but I’m a policy wonk so I actually think the leading candidates for the Democratic presidential nomination are two peas in a pod....
by Andrew F. Quinlan | Jan 26, 2016 | Big Government, Blogs, Economics, Socialism
In light of the rise of Bernie Sanders, Richard Rahn identifies a disturbing trend in his latest Washington Times column. Namely, that many these days, particularly young people, don’t understand socialism: Sen. Bernie Sanders proudly proclaims himself a...
by Dan Mitchell | Dec 19, 2015 | Big Government, Blogs, Health Care
On rare occasions, our government-loving friends let their guard down and say things that reveal the true nature of leftism as a punitive philosophy that subjugates the individual to the state. An English leftist named Richard Murphy, for instance, actually argued...
by Andrew F. Quinlan | Sep 8, 2015 | Opinion and Commentary
This article appeared on The Blaze on September 8, 2015. In the famous children’s story, Jack and the Beanstalk, a young boy plants “magic” seeds and overnight a beanstalk grows as high as the sky. The obvious fantasy has a surprising real world counterpart through...
