Even as Obamacare supporters are popping the champagne corks over a survey that indicates that some 8 million people have gained insurance over the last 10 months, there is no strong evidence that that the credit should go to O’Care. In his article “Is Obamacare Working,” Cato Institute’s Michael D. Tanner points out that it […]
Archives for July 2014
Rand Paul Gets It
Absentee Leadership while Rome Burns
According to a Washington Times article, of the more than 57,000 children who have arrived at the U.S. border since October, only 1,254 have been returned home. Meanwhile, the flow of illegals is only going to get worse. Last week in a meeting of presidents, Mexico and Guatemala agreed to make it easier for Central […]
Salvage the Midterm Elections?
The Cato Institute’s Dan Mitchell shows how the White House is coercing health insurance companies to limit premium increases before the mid-term elections. Dan concludes, “We have a stereotypical example of Mitchell’s Law. Government screws up something, and then uses that mess as an excuse to impose more bad policy!” I thought TARP was the sleaziest-ever example […]
Rick Perry: War Dog
Something This Good Must Be Illegal
Well, thankfully, Rockport, Maine’s Salt Water Farm Café and Market is open to greet you for breakfast, lunch and dinner daily. Debbie and I were there twice in 24 hours last week and almost made number three, but ran out of time. We ate on Salt Water Farm’s back porch high above little Rockport Harbor. […]
Your Health Insurance—Get the Boss Out
Why is it that your boss is determining what health-care package is right for you, asks Michael D. Tanner, a senior fellow at Cato Institute. Mr. Tanner explains that health insurance was offered as a perk during WWII. Because of the significant worker shortage, President Roosevelt imposed wage and price controls, which prevented employers from […]
Krugman & Piketty: Data Butchers
Who can solve the Obama economic crisis? Paul Krugman and Thomas Piketty (French) get a lot of ink in the liberal media, but Marxist-oriented data distortion and income re-distribution abuse can hardly lead to a re-birth in the American economy. What America needs right now is lock-step adherence to the Golden Fiscal Rule of Economic […]
An Easy Fix
Charles Krauthammer writes that there is an easy fix to stopping the wave of immigrant children flowing into the U.S. Eliminate the 2008 loophole that mandates that Central American kids receive special treatment. As Mr. Krauthammer asks, why has Mr. Obama not already gone to Congress demanding a change in the immigration law? These kids […]
R.I.P. Jazz Bass Legend Charlie Haden
From NPR: Haden’s death was announced by his record label, ECM Records, which noted that Ruth Cameron, his wife of 30 years, and his children Josh, Tanya, Rachel and Petra were all by his side at the time of his death, which the label attributed to a “prolonged illness.” Born August 6, 1937 in Shenandoah, […]