Why We Still Need Nuclear Weapons
There’s not much point in replacing nuclear weapons with conventional weapons that are just as powerful.
Opinion
Subsidizing Jobs
States are subsidizing jobs, using taxpayers’ dollars to help companies meet payrolls. That’s not something government should be engaged in.
Freeing Children From Government Schools
In spite of ever rising costs and increasingly disappointing results, the government monopoly on education is hardly ever called into question. Education, defenders of the system argue, is too important to leave to the free market. The arguments put forward by those in favor of a state-run system typically boil down to two misleading claims. […]
Crony Capitalism
Russell Roberts and Marta Mossburg discuss the growth of crony capitalism.
Bubbles, Deficits and European Arrogance
Excessive government spending, nor European integration, is responsible for Greece’s debt crisis.
Bring Back Brzezinski
On The Daily Beast former New York Times columnist and president emeritus of the Council on Foreign Relations Leslie H. Gelb suggests that Barack Obama “desperately needs a sweeping staff shakeup to save his presidency.” Gelb is most concerned about White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel who, although “a terrific political mind”, lacks the […]
More Government Won’t Fix Health Care
The free market hasn’t failed in American health care. Nick Ottens argues that government interference is in fact to blame.
Paul Ryan’s Free-Market Crusade
Unlike most Republicans, Wisconsinite Paul Ryan has a plan to rein in entitlement spending.
Punishing Google for Its Success
America is set to commit yet another sin against capitalism as Google may be punished for being too good a search engine.
Get Rid of Reid
David Rothkopf explains why the Democrats should replace their Senate Majority Leader. In spite of a ten vote majority, Reid hasn’t been able to get anything done.
Obama Doesn’t Begrudge Bonuses
It is not the government’s role to determine how much money people can make.
Republican Hypocrisy At Its Best
Republican legislators who have publicly been denouncing the Obama Administration’s stimulus measures as fiscally irresponsible privately sought to obtain stimulus money for their home states.
The Immorality of Deficit Spending
Keynesian doctrine on deficit spending is still rampant but Americans should consider a warning from one of their Founding Fathers.
TARP Didn’t Work
Three weeks ago, while announcing the Financial Crisis Responsibility Fee, President Barack Obama described the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) as “a distasteful but necessary thing to do.” Although most of the money had been recouped already, the administration promised to get back “every single dime” the banks owed the American government. A few days […]
No Bank “Too Big To Fail”
Kevin Warsh of the Federal Reserve warns that by bailing out banks, government has only strengthened moral hazard in the financial sector.