Paul Ryan has committed a great sin. He’s dared to challenge the welfare state — we’ll come back to the revealing nature of that “challenge” shortly — and the reaction from the left has been swift and unhinged. This recent column in the New York Times, for instance, manages to suggest that Ryan is a […]
In the New York Times, entrepreneur Rebekah Campbell notes “The Surprisingly Large Cost of Telling Small Lies.” As an angel investor named Peter tells her, “The secret to success in business and in life is to never, ever, ever tell a lie.” I couldn’t agree more. In fact, this was one of the key […]
Doug Altner writes in American Thinker about the rejection of the United Automobile Workers union at a Volkswagen plant in Chattanooga, arguing that distrust and skepticism towards unions is well founded: Unions are infamous for bogging down businesses with counterproductive work rules, damaging industries with frequent strikes, instilling an “us versus them” attitude among employees, […]
It was the second time in two months that my ten-year-old Toyota Corolla needed to go into the shop for repairs totaling well over a thousand dollars. It was time to face the music: time to get a new car. Neither my wife nor I have had a car payment in long time, so this […]
Where in the United States is growing safe, affordable and successful crops a crime? Answer: The Big Island of Hawaii. Late last year, anti-GMO activists were successful in pushing Bill 113 through Hawaii County Council. The bill is bad news for farmers currently growing or planning to grow biotech crops on the Big Island. Unless […]
In this episode of The Debt Dialogues, I talk with Charles Blahous, a senior research fellow at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University and a public trustee for Social Security and Medicare, about the Social Security program — and how it will affect young Americans in the years ahead. Other Resources: · Social Security: […]
On this episode of Eye to Eye, I had the opportunity to interview Greg Scandlen, a leading proponent for greater freedom in the health care market. We discussed several myths about American health care, which are critical to bust because they shape people’s views about the proper course of action to fix our broken system. […]
The welfare state is bad for every productive person (and every person who, through no fault of his own, can’t support himself). But its impact on Millennials and their children will be particularly egregious. In a new article, “ End the Debt Draft,” I explain why it’s vital for young Americans — and anyone who […]
Proponents of insider trading laws typically claim that the laws are necessary to prevent a kind of “fraud” or “unfairness” in the securities markets. The idea is that it’s unfair for someone to trade on information that is not available to the public, because they have an advantage that allows them to “harm” others when […]
Last week Rituparna Basu gave a talk, sponsored by the Toronto Objectivist Committee and the Freedom Party of Ontario, at the University of Toronto in Canada, titled “The Disease Killing Canadian Health Care.” “My goal was to leave people with the idea that good quality health care is profit-driven, market-based health care,” says Basu. “Despite […]
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