Kurt Bills for U.S. Senator from Minnesota
Minnesotans have a great opportunity this year. They can elect a Senate candidate who respects the U.S. Constitution and supports free market reform and liberty for Americans. That candidate is Kurt Bills. Read the full story Read More →
Blood in the Water: How Do States Compete?
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The #1 Economic Think Tank in the World and My Go-To Source!
OK, so I am savagely biased, but not without good reason. Four decades ago I worked with a gentleman I found to be uniquely independent. That most capable fellow, Bob Levy, is today the internationally admired chairman of the Cato Institute. Read the full story Read More →
Louisiana’s Education Revolution
It can take a clean slate to produce radical improvement. In Louisiana, Hurricane Katrina cleaned the slate, and Gov. Bobby Jindal has produced the radical improvement. The governor has spearheaded radical education reforms that will produce better students, reward successful teachers, and wash out those... Read the full story
JPMorgan: Swinging for the Fences
You’re Right to Live Here
South Carolina is a right-to-work state. You can’t be forced to join a union as a condition of employment. South Carolina is open for business. And the fact that it is a right-to-work state is the reason Boeing is building 787 Dreamliners there. Read the full story Read More →
What I Learned in Paris: Spring 2012 – Part 1
For the night of the presidential election results, Debbie and I positioned ourselves at Hotel Le Bristol (see Woody Allen’s Midnight in Paris), literally an eight iron shot from the front door of the Elysee Palace, the presidential residence. It was an exciting time to be in Paris, despite the unpleasant... Read the full story
Why Not Cut Foreign Aid?
On a website, the U.S. government has made it easy to see which countries are benefitting from U.S. tax dollars. It should come as no surprise that many of the world’s poorest nations receive aid from Americans. The United States has long been the most generous nation in the world. But some of the... Read the full story
A Poor Result in the French Presidential Election
Here Debbie and I are in Paris for the French election. Everyone we have spoken with views Hollande the socialist in exactly the same light as President Obama. Not one wanted a Hollande victory, nor can imagine how America could reelect Obama. Here it is the immigrant handout crowd, the leftist students... Read the full story
