by George Reisman | Aug 30, 2008 | Taxation
Barack Obama and Sarah Palin on Taxing Oil Companies and Giving the Money to Others
by Thomas A. Bowden | Aug 29, 2008 | Regulation
No longer will government make disasters more disastrous by pretending that citizens have a right to defy the forces of nature at others’ expense.
by George Reisman | Aug 28, 2008 | Taxation
An analysis and critique of a major aspect of the views on taxation attributed to Obama.
by Walter Williams | Aug 27, 2008 | Education, POLITICS
As parents pack their youngsters off to college, they might ask themselves whether it’s worth both the money they will spend and their children’s time. Dr. Marty Nemko has researched that question in an article aptly titled “America’s Most... by Thomas Sowell | Aug 25, 2008 | POLITICS
Random thoughts on the passing scene: If you took all the fraud out of politics, there might not be a lot left. The reason so many people misunderstand so many issues is not that these issues are so complex, but that people do not want a factual or analytical... by Thomas A. Bowden | Aug 20, 2008 | Education
Are parents mere drudges whose social duty is to feed and house their spawn between mandatory indoctrination sessions at government-approved schools? Or are they sovereign individuals whose right to guide their children’s development the state may not infringe?
by Walter Williams | Aug 20, 2008 | POLITICS
By taking a couple of courses in economic theory, we could immunize ourselves from nonsense spouted by politicians and pundits, but in the meantime check out Professor John R. Lott’s “Freedomnomics: Why the Free Market Works.” His first chapter is... by Thomas Sowell | Aug 19, 2008 | Education, POLITICS
When amateurs outperform professionals, there is something wrong with that profession. If ordinary people, with no medical training, could perform surgery in their kitchens with steak knives, and get results that were better than those of surgeons in hospital... by Thomas Sowell | Aug 18, 2008 | POLITICS
What is happening in the republic of Georgia is all too reminiscent of what happened back in 1956, when Russian tanks rolled into Hungary– and the West did nothing. An argument might well be made that, realistically, there was nothing the West could have...