What happens when increased demand meets reduced supply? As the Cato Institute’s Michael Tanner points out, it does not take an economic genius to come up with the answer. Proponents of Obamacare like to say the ACA is working—that the number of uninsured has gone down. And that is true. But what is not being […]
“Free” Community College?
In a proposal for a new federal entitlement, President Obama is pushing for a “free community college” plan. Along with taking regulatory control from states, this proposal would add tens of billions in taxpayer obligations. Furthermore, it does not address the fact that the rate at which C.C. students finish two years with useful credentials […]
Blasphemy Laws—No Longer a Relic of the Past?
Walter Olson, senior fellow with the Cato Institute, opines on the real danger in the aftermath of the massacre at Charlie Hebdo. After the solidarity, the grief, the outrage pass, will there be an outpouring of advice on the safer course to take? The course of silence? Journalist Josh Barro wrote, “Islamists have by and […]
Good at Doing Lunch
On a David Lebovitz food, chocolate, wine tour several years ago, Alex Lobrano, former European correspondent for the now defunct Gourmet magazine, joined us for dinner one evening at one of Christian Constant’s establishments in Paris’ 7th arrondissement. David, former pastry chef for Alice Water’s Chez Panisse in Berkley, CA, is the author of The […]
The Menace of Militant Islam
Read here comments from the late Christopher Hitchens on the 2006 deadly riots over cartoons published in a Danish newspaper depicting Muhammad, as quotes by The Wall Street Journal. The incredible thing about the ongoing Kristallnacht against Denmark (and in some places, against the embassies and citizens of any Scandinavian or even European Union nation) […]
“Like Cuba without Sunshine”
Those words were uttered as a warning to François Hollande as high-earning soccer players threatened to go on strike, and the richest man in France, Bernard Arnault, threatened to follow actor Gérard Depardieu, along with 200,000 other French, to southern Belgium. All because of the supertax imposed on high-income earners. The hallmark of Mr. Hollande’s […]
Delicious, Simple, Clean and Healthful
Are you looking to get off to a nutritious, healthful start in the New Year? In many of the world’s traditional cuisines, the most important piece of equipment in the kitchen is the stockpot. A good stock, containing the minerals of bones, cartilage, marrow and vegetables, is easy to digest and assimilate. According to Nourishing […]
2015—Optimism and Hope?
The November election (anti Obama) helped put “peppery” Boone Pickens in an “upbeat” mood, until, as Mr. Pickens notes, “then the goofball says ‘65% didn’t vote and those are the ones I represent!’ ” BP was worried that America had lost itself, but he is more optimistic now because we have “only another year of […]
Christmas in Flanders Fields
This past weekend, Dick and I went to Symphony Hall with two of our grandchildren to enjoy the Boston Pops. Among the highlights of the festive holiday performance was a reading by Karen MacDonald of A Soldier’s Carol: The Christmas Truce of 1914. Through a combination of music and story, the nine-minute narration recreated the […]
Vermont—the Canary in the O’Care Coal Mine
Dick and I have spent untold miles on our Harleys riding in pastoral Vermont—still largely covered by verdant forest—with its scenic roads, quaint villages, acres of rolling farmlands and apple orchards, covered bridges, and views minus billboards (yes, there are no billboards). Combine this with Vermont’s charming inns and enthusiastic farm-to-table movement, and you have […]
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