by Dan Mitchell | Feb 2, 2017 | Big Government, Blogs, Uncategorized
In 2016, there were three very worthy candidates for the highly coveted Politician of the Year Award. In May, I gave the prize to Rodrigo Duterte, the newly elected president of the Philippines, because he assured voters that none of his mistresses were on the public...
by Dan Mitchell | Sep 23, 2016 | Big Government, Blogs
Here’s an interesting issue to ponder. Is corruption rampant in government because the perverse incentive structure of politics turns good people into bad people? Or do bad people naturally gravitate to government and politics because it’s the easiest (and legal,...
by Dan Mitchell | Jul 22, 2016 | Blogs, Uncategorized
Since I’m not a fan of either Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton, I think that puts me in a good position to fairly assess whether the candidates are being dishonest. And since several media outlets just produced their “fact-checks” on Donald Trump’s acceptance speech to...
by Dan Mitchell | Jul 13, 2016 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Waste
Two months ago, I decided that the new President of the Philippines was the winner of the 2016 award for politician of the year. It takes a remarkable amount of chutzpah, after all, to freely admit to having mistresses (yes, more than one). But the icing on the cake...
by Dan Mitchell | May 16, 2016 | Blogs, Uncategorized
I have a collection of columns about “honest leftists” and they mostly fall into two categories. One group is comprised of people who are willing to admit that the statist policies they generally prefer have bad effects (such as gun control encouraging crime...
