by Dan Mitchell | Jul 6, 2013 | Big Government, Blogs, Health Care
Last year, I showed an image of evolutionary stages that was so accurate that it would earn approval even from many strict creationists. Here’s a new image of evolutionary stages that sets the stage for today’s discussion. Simply stated, Americans are becoming bigger....
by Dan Mitchell | Oct 31, 2012 | Blogs, Uncategorized
From a rational perspective, the logical choice is not voting. After all, the odds of your vote making a difference are infinitesimally small. But that’s if you view voting as an “investment” choice – i.e., you taking time and effort to do X in hopes of getting Y in...
by Dan Mitchell | Mar 5, 2012 | Big Government, Blogs
As a libertarian who became interested in public policy because of Ronald Reagan, it won’t surprise you to know that I’m more of a “right libertarian” than “left libertarian.” I fully agree with positions that motivate left libertarians, such as the war on drugs doing...
by Dan Mitchell | Oct 25, 2011 | Big Government, Blogs
One of the reasons I’m a libertarian is that virtually all of my personal interactions with government are unpleasant. * Governments pull me over and give me tickets for trying to efficiently drive from one location to another. * Governments coerce me into filling out...
by Dan Mitchell | Jun 28, 2011 | Blogs, Constitution
As far as I can tell, everything that Thomas Sowell writes is worth reading, but I especially like how he is so effective at linking his arguments to the underlying principles of a free society. And when he writes a column focused on those underlying principles, I...