by Dr Michael Hurd | Oct 13, 2011 | POLITICS
According to a recent book by Morris M. Kleiner, an economist at the University of Minnesota, as many as 3 out of 10 workers in the United States must now be licensed to do their jobs. No longer limited to doctors, lawyers and the like; fortune tellers, massage... by Jason Sagall | Oct 12, 2011 | Healthcare
On August 18, the Atlanta-based Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals found the Affordable Care Act’s mandatory insurance provision unconstitutional by a vote of 2-1. The dissenting judge, Stanley Marcus, while maintaining that the mandate for Americans to buy... by Jean Moroney | Oct 12, 2011 | Psychology & Living
Don’t be embarrassed if you occasionally feel scattered. It’s a normal transition state. For example, after you’ve finished a major project, you may feel somewhat scattered until you’ve figured out the next big thing to focus on. But... by Dr Michael Hurd | Oct 12, 2011 | POLITICS
Fox News online reports: “Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, said Sunday that the administration’s approval of a loan guarantee for solar power company Solyndra — which went belly up shortly... by Brian Phillips | Oct 11, 2011 | CULTURE
The latest gimmick of the Occupy Movement is “Stop Black Friday.” Apparently, the plan is to “occupy” the stores of major retailers and disrupt the busiest shopping day of the year. The website for this “occupation” suggests signs that state, “We don’t hate... by Andrew Bernstein | Oct 8, 2011 | POLITICS
An excerpt from the Introduction to Andrew Bernstein’s forthcoming book Capitalist Solutions: A Philosophy of American Moral Dilemmas. Reprinted in Capitalism Magazine by permission of the author. To be blunt, the United States faces enormous... by Northrup Buechner | Oct 8, 2011 | Economics
What we are seeing in Europe is that that model is inherently unsustainable. The concept of individual rights is the only standard for government action that puts an objective limit on what the government can do. The post-war leaders of Europe were completely ignorant... by Northrup Buechner | Oct 7, 2011 | Economics
Objective Economics: How Ayn Rand’s Philosophy Changes Everything About Economics is the product of forty-eight years spent studying Ayn Rand’s philosophy of Objectivism and the science of economics. When I read Atlas Shrugged in 1962, I was stunned... by John Browne | Oct 7, 2011 | Investing
Last week, eurozone finance ministers postponed, yet again, the most difficult decisions on the Greek debt crisis. The assembled powers could have forced an orderly Greek default or they could have taken steps to push Greece out of the union. Instead, they simply...
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