10 Dec Economics 101 for Idiots and Liars
I only use the inflammatory title to get your attention. But I also am only qualifying it to be a nice guy. I really do think they are idiots, and I really do think they are liars. I am just usually more...
08 Dec How dare you pay us back just so you can do what you want?
Andrew Ross Sorkin has a "big scoop" for you to read, and he broke it here in the New York Times today ...
23 Nov California Teachers Unions are REAL Team Players, eh?
My favorite thing about the left is their selective sense of sacrifice and empathy. Having adopted a philosophy that is allegedly based on helping others in need at the expense of the individual's best interest, the left wing of American politics has chosen to...
18 Nov The Christian Right’s New Face – It’s the Economy, Stupid!
Last night I attended the annual dinner of the Family Research Council, an event I served on the host committee for and helped to sponsor (full disclosure). Michelle Malkin was the keynote speaker, and FRC President, Tony Perkins, anecdotally addressed the crowd a few...
12 Nov Well That is a Great Idea Mr. President!
Right as the market opened this morning President Obama called a press conference to address issues pertaining to the U.S. economy. For this President, holding a press conference has been as rare an event as the sunrise. But in this press conference, the...
07 Nov The Economic Crisis comes to San Francisco
I had the privilege of speaking this weekend at the Center for Cultural Leadership's annual conference in San Francisco, CA. The President of the organization, Andrew Sandlin, is one of my dearest friends. The entire weekend was a delightful time of re-connecting with...
01 Nov Stimulus Plan is Creating $1 million Jobs, that Pay $40,000
If you believe the numbers coming from the Obama administration's own mouth, the stimulus plan has created (or saved) 640,329 jobs so far. At a cost of $787 billion, that comes out to $1,229,056 per job. Good work if you can get it! Of...
29 Oct The Left Doesn’t Want you to be Happy
I was blessed to spend this evening at the Acton Institute's annual dinner event in Grand Rapids, Michigan. For those unfamiliar with Acton, change that now (click here). They are a breath of fresh air in a day and age where the moral...
11 Oct Costly Lessons and a Problem that is Getting Worse, not Better
Dr. Richard Vedder is one of the finest economists in America. More specifically, he is an economic historian, a respected academic, and an important contributor to the dialogue on higher education in our country. In the most recent issue of National Review he...
09 Oct Getting off Track by John Taylor
The latest book review in my ongoing series pertaining to the financial catastrophe of 2008 brings me to the delightful Dr. John Taylor, a Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution and prominent economist throughout the last 35 years. His tiny work, Getting off Track,...
