Showman-in-Chief: President Obama on Guns and Crime
None of the things proposed by president Obama is likely to reduce gun violence.
Complicating the Obvious
Making simple things complicated.
An Unappreciated Tax on the Poor: The Cost of High Crime Communities
Compare the operation of a supermarket in a low-crime neighborhood with that of one in a high-crime neighborhood.
Feeling Abandoned, Saudi Arabia Ups the Ante
Last week a major diplomatic crisis developed between Saudi Arabia and Iran over the Saudi execution of Nimr al Nimr, a charismatic Shiite cleric and anti-Sunni political activist. Nimr’s execution was an important political decision. On its face, it served to...Capitalism Supports Free Open Unions and Not Compulsory “Closed Shop” Ones
On the surface, labor unions make their appeal to society with rhetoric of claiming to want to better the conditions of all workers seeking gainful and income-enhancing employment. What is not as clearly seen are the indirect and usually unintended effects from compulsory unionism that end up keeping far too many in poverty and less remunerative jobs that the supporters of labor unions say they wish to help.
Military Social Engineering: The Myth of a Gender-Neutral Playing Field
Official lies and deception will eventually reveal themselves with unnecessary loss of lives on the battlefield.
What Is Money Printing?
There is a populist idea of money printing. The idea is that banks can just print what they want, enriching themselves in a massive fraud. But, does it really work this way? Let’s start with a simple case, which is clearly not money printing. We will build a series of...The Busybody Left: Using Taxes For Regressive Social Engineering
Handing out vast amounts of the taxpayers’ money is the way the federal government has expanded its power far beyond the powers granted by the Constitution — thereby limiting the freedom of individuals, localities and states.
The Anti-Capitalist Appeal of Altruism and The Pro-Capitalism Alternative
How is it possible that business students—some of them with significant business experience—have never heard of the moral code of rational egoism?
