the forgotten man.

healthcare not working so well

So much irony in this (now unavailable) story, so little time. Where to begin? After a week of wrangling, the Senate passed legislation to spare doctors a 21 percent cut in Medicare payments looming for months. But the leffort came too late. [...] That...

their main interest is liberty

Today I was reminded of a great quote from Barry Goldwater's Conscience of a Conservative . Last time I discussed the book I was rather negative, but as far as 20th century politicians go, Goldwater was near the top. The following might convince you...

take all the time you need

Today's top story is that the feds have put aside unconstitutionality and are actually debating something within their jurisdiction: bathroom equality in federal buildings . Congress, so long as you don't expand the scope of this investigation...

opinions are cheap

The problem with politicians and democracy in 30 words or fewer: A man who does not know what has been thought by those who have gone before him is sure to set an undue value upon his own ideas. Mark Pattison , 1885. Never heard of him until I found this...

the forgotten man of health care

The New York Times , in its article about the president signing the new health care bill , talked about a "select group of ordinary Americans" who attended the ceremony, who had become a "case in point for Mr. Obama" in his quest to...

climategate

I haven't read Crisis and Leviathan by Robert Higgs, but I feel like he could issue an updated edition with at least a few pages on Climategate. To recap: hackers released data from a major climate research center that show that scientists have been...

conflicted conscience

Barry Goldwater's The Conscience of a Conservative is, sadly, just another politician's manifesto, making sweeping statements in support of individual rights in one breath and in the next sacrificing them at the altar of government. He believes...