What mystifies me about Obama's claim that "our economy is faltering merely because of these unexpected hiccups in Europe" is that those "hiccups" are exactly what he wants to create here in the states. Can you imagine saying that your prescriptions are not working because...
Father Robert Sirico does not count as any ordinary Priest ...
I will have the audio available via a YouTube link in the next few days as well ...
I recently read the following from Jim Clifton in Forbes magazine, and it inspired me to actually blog it. I can not imagine any sentiment being less improvable than this one - it is sheer brilliance. Jim is offering his sentiments on what...
I would be very surprised if National Review had a bigger supporter than I, but that is not the subject of this piece. I confess to having been disappointed in a recent piece from their very capable and gifted writer, Kevin Williamson. Essentially,...
I saw this large poster at the entry of a retail bank on Park Avenue today as I was walking to a meeting. I can't think of a more ridiculous synopsis of what is wrong in the world that caused the financial crisis. ...
I truly mean it when I say that I read a piece this good about once in every five years. This piece is the transcript of a speech that William McNurn gave at Hillsdale College last month. Hillsdale is perhaps the most important college in...
Dr. Russell Roberts at George Mason University (the finest economic hub in the country) has written a delightful piece on the real causes of the financial crisis. The observation that greed and stupidity do not help to explain the crisis since greed and stupidity have...
On Friday evening I was blessed to share the stage with Dinesh D'Souza as the long-promoted conference, The Virtue of Prosperity: Moral Implications for Wealth and Work, got underway. I have worked on the conference for half of a year, and brought in my dear...
This is the first time in my review series on the financial crisis of 2008 that I am doubling up by covering two books in one review. On the other hand, neither of these books are specifically about the 2008 crisis either, though neither of them...
