by Dan Mitchell | Nov 29, 2013 | Blogs, Free Market
The genius of capitalism is that there is a link between effort and reward. In a genuine market economy (as opposed to cronyism), people can only make themselves rich by working harder and smarter to satisfy the needs and wants of others. The blunder of statism is...
by Dan Mitchell | Nov 23, 2013 | Big Government, Blogs
I greatly admire the way some political cartoonists are able to effectively capture the essence of an issue. And when it comes to government, I’ve always enjoyed the cartoons that portray the state as a blundering, often-malicious, overweight nitwit. But I don’t...
by Dan Mitchell | Nov 16, 2013 | Blogs, Health Care
I’ve periodically used “Schadenfreude” to describe my feelings about certain issues. Maybe this makes me a bad person, but I’ve openly admitted to a perverse sense of happiness at the misfortune of others when, for instance, France’s class-warfare tax policy backfired...
by Dan Mitchell | Nov 3, 2013 | Blogs
It’s been a touch month for President Obama. His beloved healthcare scheme is a slow-motion train wreck and he wasn’t able to trick Republicans into a tax hike as part of budget fights. So let’s pile on with some humor. We’ll start with some NSA-related material....
by Dan Mitchell | Oct 27, 2013 | Blogs
Most of my political humor is designed to mock statists. That’s true whether I’m sharing cartoons, videos, jokes, or one-liners. But I also enjoy clever left-wing humor, even when libertarians are the target. Here are examples that tickled my funny bone. A video...
