The Other McCain

"One should either write ruthlessly what one believes to be the truth, or else shut up." — Arthur Koestler

‘Sooner or Later …’

“. . . you run out of other people’s money.” Post by Mike Smiley.    

Liberalism, a Job-Killing Machine

“The problem isn’t just ObamaCare, though. It’s the entire regulatory assault on employers coming out of Washington — everything from the EEOC” — the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission hits companies hard when employees claim age, race or sex discrimination — ”to the Dodd-Frank monstrosity. Employers are living in a state of fear.” — Bob Funk, […]

The Plight of @AdamWeinstein: History, Economics, Narcissism, and Generation Y

Prosperity is never permanent. Economic cycles of boom and bust are normal. Even in successful societies with sound policy, the economy goes up and down from time to time. Despite this knowledge — that the good times will be offset by hard times — when the economy turns down, doomsayers invariably declare that this is […]

Breaking News: MSNBC’s Ed Schultz Is Still an Angry, Dishonest Partisan Liar

The important background facts you should know about Ed Schultz: He was a sportscaster until he was 38 and began his talk-radio career attempting to be a conservative Rush Limbaugh imitator, failed at that and then re-invented himself as a “progressive” host, which provided the platform by which Ed got an MSNBC show in 2009. […]

The Perverse Incentives and Unintended Consequences of ObamaCare, Continued

The road to Hell is paved by liberal Democrats: An upstate New York grocery chain that had been praised for offering health insurance to its part-time employees will eliminate those benefits as a result of the federal health-care law passed in 2010. “Several Wegmans employees confirmed part-time health benefits had been cut and said the […]

‘Honey, I Blew $200 Million’

Halsey Minor and his second wife, Shannon, in 2008 CNET founder Halsey Minor files for bankruptcy — Los Angeles Times CNET Founder Halsey Minor Bankrupt 5 Years After Firm’s $1.8 Billion Sale — Daily Finance How Halsey Minor Blew Tech Fortune on Way to Bankruptcy — Bloomberg Famous Tech Entrepreneur Halsey Minor Declares Bankruptcy — […]

Why I’m Not on the Harvard Faculty

Besides the fact that all I’ve got is a bachelor’s degree from a third-tier state university, there’s also the problem that I don’t think it’s necessary to apologize for saying bad things about dead bisexual British economists, which is now apparently taboo. You can badmouth dead people or defame the British or libel an economist […]

Economics, Translated to Plain English

The eminent James Pethokoukis gives you the technocratic jargon: US job growth in April beat economist expectations as nonfarm payrolls rose 165,000, and the jobless rate fell to a four-year low of 7.5%. But the report contained worrisome signs that President Obama’s health care reform law is hurting full-time, high-wage employment. While the American economy added 293,000 […]

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