Is Islamophobia really “indefensible”?
On Aug. 29, an editorial ran in the Times Free Press titled, “Indefensible Islamophobia.” Considering the blatant and obvious liberal slant that side of the paper embraces, it was not surprising the editorial was rife with example after example of horrors committed in the U.S. against Muslims. The editorial writers are aghast that time and [...]
Obama and the age of political entrepreneurship
The jobs numbers are bad and the overall economic numbers are even worse. Paul Krugman and his groupies at the New York Times are claiming that government is not printing and borrowing enough money, which is why we are in the doldrums. I have written many times why we are in this fix, and why [...]
Stimulus bill stimulated the government
Back in February of this year, President Obama joyfully celebrated the one-year anniversary of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), by insisting that the economy was on the mend thanks to his wisdom and passage of ARRA. But wait a minute. Economies — at some point — always recover. Even from a complete deep [...]
Obama’s phantom “clean energy” jobs
While pontificating on the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, President Barack Obama told his audience that his government was going to lead us away from the tyranny of “oil addiction” and lead us to the bright lights of “clean energy.” Oh, he added, his initiatives would “add 700,000 new jobs to the U.S. economy.” When [...]
Zach Wamp and the race for governor
I have known Zach Wamp for almost half of my life, and while I have had little contact with him since moving from Chattanooga in 1995, nonetheless I am not surprised that he became an effective member of Congress. In fact, after his election in 1994, I predicted that he would handily win elections until [...]
PPACA: What will the courts decide?
Are you wondering what the biggest debates will be about this fall leading up to election day? I think the most time will be spent by Republicans talking about the horrors to come when The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) goes into effect. Democrats will certainly try to defend the indefensible and change [...]
We can’t print our way out of this one, folks!
While attending the 2001 ASSA meetings in New Orleans, I was jogging one morning and found myself in the company of a Yale economics professor who taught monetary economics. We had a discussion of approaches, and I explained that I went with the Austrian view, in which one teaches monetary theory from a marginal utility [...]
Change or we’ll help you change
It’s going to be a very long hot summer. I can tell this already, and it’s not going to be pretty. Finally, the kids are out of school and many of us have already taken a week’s vacation. We should be ready to hit it hard at the office, but many people I’ve talked to [...]
The oil spill is no reason to destroy the economy
According to the latest news accounts, the engineers trying to stop the flow of new oil pumping into the Gulf of Mexico have had at least limited success, which is a relief. However, the issues surrounding the oil spill only have begun, and, as usual, the statists have the upper hand. This is the third [...]
Can we just blame it on the weather?
We certainly have had some unusual weather the past several months. This past winter was one of the most unusual I can remember for the number of “snow days” that close schools and businesses. As a parent, it’s tough looking out the window at no snow, and trying to explain to my child why adults [...]
