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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
I subscribe to the view that President Obama is in a true economic pickle, one in which out-of-control deficits are simply unsustainable, and will require forceful action. The economic pickle lies in how he addresses the deficits: Cut spending, and guarantee that you will...
It goes without saying that the fields of Logic and Critical Thinking are not big priorities in our present educational system. I do not believe that many people are familiar with the fallacy known as post hoc, ergo propter hoc, but I am declaring...
