by Dan Mitchell | Feb 23, 2010 | Big Government, Blogs, Economic Growth
Prime Minister Gordon Brown has done a terrible job and is widely unpopular.. But even if the opposition party wins control later this year, it may not make much of a difference. The leader of the Tory party, David Cameron, is a British version of a RINO. He has not...
by Dan Mitchell | Feb 20, 2010 | Big Government, Blogs
Even though the American people don’t want government-run healthcare, and even though Democrats are very nervous after losing a supposedly-safe Senate seat in Massachusetts, Obamacare is not dead. The Democrats still have huge majorities in the House and Senate...
by Dan Mitchell | Feb 14, 2010 | Big Government, Blogs
It’s almost amusing to see the Securities and Exchange Commission jumping on the sinking ship of global warming alarmism. After all, only a government bureaucracy would take such a step at precisely the moment that the scam has been exposed. But I said...
by Dan Mitchell | Feb 7, 2010 | Big Government, Blogs
I’m just back from a swing through Canada, giving speeches for the Fraser Institute to audiences in Vancouver, Calgary, and Toronto. I’ve been talking about the size of government and the future of capitalism. As you might imagine, several people have...
by Dan Mitchell | Feb 6, 2010 | Blogs, Economic Growth
Ronald Reagan was born 99 years ago on this date. The tribute is moving, but this video underscores what made Reagan special. Unlike most Republicans today, he actually believed in freedom.