by Dan Mitchell | Sep 24, 2017 | Blogs
Whenever someone accuses me of being too dogmatically opposed to government, I tell them that I only got 94 out of 160 possible points when I took Professor Bryan Caplan’s Libertarian Purity Quiz. That’s barely 70 percent, which makes it seem like I’m some sort of...
by Dan Mitchell | Apr 12, 2017 | Uncategorized
My favorite anti-libertarian video is the one based on the notion that Somalia is a libertarian paradise. Since no libertarian has ever pointed to that country as a role model, the underlying premise is a bit silly (I’ve written something semi-favorable about...
by Andrew F. Quinlan | Nov 19, 2015 | Opinion and Commentary
This article appeared on Inside Sources on November 16, 2015. The U.S. Postal Service has lost money every year since 2007, and its financial finances aren’t likely to improve any time soon. Thanks to declining mail volume due to greater reliance on email and...
by Dan Mitchell | May 18, 2015 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Waste
I almost feel sorry for my leftist friends. Whenever there’s a story about a crazed shooter, they invariably speculate that it’s someone affiliated with the Tea Party. So they must be sad when it turns out to be a random nut or in some cases a leftist. Similarly, when...
by Dan Mitchell | Mar 25, 2014 | Blogs, Economics
It’s not often that I agree with the Washington Post, but a government-run monopoly is not the best way to get mail delivered. Moreover, it’s not often that I agree with the timid (andsometimes reprehensible) Tory-led government in the United Kingdom, but they just...
