How Medical Licensing Laws Harm Patients and Trap Doctors
Government licensing of doctors is both morally and economically wrong.
It’s Twilight in America
It’s not twilight in America because Obama won. Obama won because it was, sadly, already twilight in America.
Envy is Bad For Us
I am writing this post in Finland where I am working for a month. Last week the Finns marked their annual unofficial “National Envy Day” when the Finnish Revenue Service publicized the income taxes and income of every tax-paying citizen. That in itself is a shocking...Cronyism—From Wall Street to Main Street
Individuals from across the political spectrum denounce cronyism. Politicians as diverse as Sarah Palin and Barack Obama have decried businessmen who use government favors for economic gain. Groups with diametrically opposing views, such as the Tea Parties and Occupy...Teamwork and the Virtue of Independence
If we are to believe people like President Obama who famously said: “You didn’t build that”, individual accomplishment is insignificant; only as a group we can build something. While collaboration, trade, and learning are great benefits of living in a society and we...Zoning Versus the Internet
The stated purpose of zoning is to control land use within a community to prevent “incompatible” land uses and to promote planning. Most Americans accept zoning as a “necessary evil” that prevents pawn shops and factories from operating in residential neighborhoods....Election 2012: Obama the Nihilist vs Romney the Pragmatist
A man such as our current president is far more dangerous to the survival of the United States than any terrorists from the Mideast.