by Dan Mitchell | Dec 8, 2010 | Blogs, Uncategorized
I’ve already posted about the nut who claimed that global warming was causing AIDS, so I guess I shouldn’t be too surprised that a writer for the New Republic says global warming may lead to genocide. But that may not be the silliest thing said by a left winger in the...
by Dan Mitchell | Sep 26, 2010 | Big Government, Blogs, Health Care
In the real world, rational people know that companies will stop selling products if they are forced to lose money. In the political world, though, common sense doesn’t matter. Or at least it ranks far below other considerations, such as power, polling, fundraising,...
by CF&P | Sep 21, 2010 | Big Government, Blogs, Taxation
Our tax system in America is an absurd nightmare, but at least we have some ability to monitor what is happening. We can’t get too aggressive (nobody wants the ogres at the IRS breathing down their necks), but at least we can adjust our withholding levels and control...
by Brian Garst | Sep 11, 2010 | Big Government, Blogs
It seems that reports of Castro’s conversion were premature. While American politicians are learning from Castro how to tank an economy with reckless government intervention (not that there’s any other kind), Castro has apparently learned from our pols how to walk...
by Dan Mitchell | Sep 9, 2010 | Big Government, Blogs, Economic Growth
Here’s a story for the better-late-than-never file. Former Cuban dictator Fidel Castro confessed that communism doesn’t work and that his nation’s economic system should not be emulated. Fidel Castro told a visiting American journalist that Cuba’s communist economic...
