I recently took these photos in the Faneuil Hall section of downtown Boston. “It does not require a majority to prevail, but rather an irate, tireless minority keen to set brush fires in people’s minds.” – Samuel Adams
“Our Core Second Amendment Rights”: Part II
Over four decades ago, I met Cato Institute Chairman Bob Levy. Bob and I were both associated with a New York-based institutional research and trading firm. In recent years, Bob became chairman of the Cato Institute. Since then Debbie and I have become closely involved with Cato thanks to Bob and also to our friend […]
Chile Beats the U.S. Hands Down in Savings
Chile beats the United States hands down when it comes to retirement account savings. The Cato institute’s Chris Edwards shows what Chile is doing, and lays out the gory details of America’s entitlement time bomb. Harvard University’s Martin Feldstein estimates that every dollar of increased payroll taxes causes about 50 cents of added deadweight losses. So […]
Can you believe this?
Can you believe this? During Obama’s stay in office 88% of ALL jobs created have been part-time jobs. Here, in Repealing Obamacare: Not a Waste of Time the Cato Institute’s Michael Tanner reports on a scary new Gallup poll. The shocking numbers show that 41 percent of small business have already held off on plans to […]
Obamacare: Repeal? De-fund? Delay? Do Nothing?
No question here, the best answer is repeal. As an adviser to small business owners and investors, I can tell you that Obamacare is bad economics and a job killer, never mind a tangled implementation disaster. This is even before the fact that Americans will be stuck with an ill-considered health system monster. Once all […]
For Congress, Doing Nothing is Better than Doing Something
“No man’s life, liberty, or property are safe while the legislature is in session.” — Judge Gideon J. Tucker In general, the federal government is at its level best when the Capitol building is emptied of legislators. The bills they have passed into law over the last 20 years seem to have done little to […]
2014 Senate Elections Clearly Favor Republicans Taking Control
Here NPR lays out the math for readers on the 2014 senatorial elections. It looks like the GOP will make some progress in taking back the upper chamber. There are 20 Democratic and 15 Republican seats in play, and, at this point, the seats in danger of flipping are almost all Democratic. A growing […]
Entitlement Programs “Roaring Towards Insolvency”
The sequester has wrought wonders in reducing the budget deficit.And unlike the hand wringing from neocon hawks, it poses zero risk for the defense of America.Click to my accompanying posts on the Cato Institute’s Chris Preble for the real story on defense. Chris is America’s foremost scholar on “Realistic Foreign Policy.” His book, The Power […]
Allen West: “Ya’ll just make me sick.”
Here the Washington Times reports that Allen West is calling out a host of people who agitated during the George Zimmerman trial, but have largely ignored the recent beating of a young white boy by three black teens in Florida. According to the Washington Times The boy suffered a broken arm and two black eyes. […]
Obama Spends Twice as much Time at Leisure as on Policy Briefings!
This may be a good thing, as the Washington Times tells readers. The Bushes spent time off at their homes; not the Obama throng. Instead the profligate Obama team,and hangers on, wrack up multi-million dollar tabs with taxpayer dollars. I for one never voted for this. Did you? President Obama leaves for Martha’s Vineyard on […]
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