With the ongoing nightmare of Obamacare and the exposure of deplorable conditions at the VA, the great irony of this progressive presidency is that Obama himself is responsible for the loss of public confidence in big government. Where is the accountability? Charles Krauthammer warns in NRO that an expansive government that can’t even run a […]
The Tragedy of Obama
“Government governs best, which governs least.” Attributable or not to Thomas Jefferson, it’s fair to say that the less government, the less corruption. Jonah Goldberg of NRO asks why fixing the VA has not been a priority for the Obama administration, let alone for Republicans who claim how much they love the military. Rationing, incompetence, […]
Government-Run Disaster
Cato Institute’s Michael Tanner points out that government healthcare systems have a very poor record of delivering what is promised. As you probably have read, Department of Veterans Affairs’ patients are dying while waiting for government-provided healthcare. What happens when resources don’t meet demands? The VA rations. As the federal government takes over more and […]
More Isn’t Always Better
Making the case that extreme exercise may not be good for you are two new studies (here) from the British journal Heart. Two studies in the British journal Heart add new evidence to the case that extreme amounts of exercise may be detrimental to health. One study followed 1,038 patients with heart disease for 10 […]
The Ongoing Folly of Obamacare
Obamacare’s main intent was to provide coverage to the uninsured. But if you eliminate those who haven’t paid their first premium under Obamacare, the number is not 8 million enrollees, as claimed by the White House, but 6.6 million, a figure barely above the 5-6 million who lost their existing plans under O’Care. Edward Morrissey […]
Making the Poor Not Poor
The latest battle cry from the Left is inequality. Michael D. Tanner of the Cato Institute outlines the political narrative that President Obama, Paul Krugman, Elizabeth Warren, and Thomas Piketty, to name some headliners, are chanting to promote policies ranging from higher taxes to increases in the minimum wage. As Mr. Tanner points out, we […]
Penalizing the Rich
James A. Dorn, senior fellow and vice president for monetary studies at Cato Institute, writes that French economist Thomas Piketty’s goal seems to be in penalizing the rich rather than in creating wealth and expanding opportunities for market exchange. In Capital in the Twenty-First Century, Piketty focuses on outcomes rather than on institutions, incentives, and […]
Exiting the Shadows
Ilya Shapiro, a senior fellow of constitutional studies at Cato Institute, recounts his long, personal journey in becoming a U.S citizen. Mr. Shapiro immigrated with his family to Canada from Russia when he was four years old. For Dick and me, Ilya is among our favored speakers at any Cato event we attend. Ilya explains […]
Drink Your Book
A gorgeous new book that you can drink? Wired magazine reports on a breakthrough method of killing bacteria in drinking water developed at Carnegie Mellon and University of Virginia. Perhaps not as practical as the boiling/distilling method (assuming there is a heat source), but it’s a no-fuss way of simplifying the purification process through silver […]
Gospel of Envy
“The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of blessings; the inherent virtue of socialism is the equal sharing of miseries.” (Winston Churchill) Does anyone for a moment think that the wealthy just throw his or her money into a deep, dark hole? Even if Mr. Wealth is not expanding his business and hiring […]
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