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The U.S. Navy has become a playground for Marxist social experiments

In 1994 Kara Hultgreen, the first female to ever be certified as a carrier-based fighter pilot, crashed an F-14 Tomcat on the deck of the USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72). She was killed instantly. Elaine...

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The Republican party’s big mistake

The Tea Party movement was truly a grass-roots movement that attracted people of every ethnicity and political leaning to appeal to their rulers in Washington for a redress of grievances. By “every...

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Does Science Argue For or Against God?

One of the online courses offered by Prager University asks that question.  The answer is that science doesn’t argue one way or another on the existence of God. So why even talk about science and...

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Liberal fail: Home ownership at 48-year low

The financial crisis of 2008 had several causes but a root cause that contributed to all the other causes was the government’s insistence that banks loan money to people who could never pay it back....

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England gives up on wind power

RenewableUK admits wind farms cannot be built without government subsidies. England is not windy enough to justify building any more onshore wind turbines, the chief executive of wind industry trade...

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Should cars of the future drive themselves?

No, next question. That’s the simple answer, but you’d probably like some explanation. Especially if you’re even halfway enthused over the prospect of being able to hop into your car of the future,...

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The airbag in your car is supposed to save your life — what if it kills you...

You probably have a frontal airbag in your car. The Federal government mandates it. You can’t turn it off without permission from the government and that permission will be granted only after a lengthy...

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The coming catastrophe for low-skilled job seekers in California

California is set to raise its minimum wage from $10 and hour to $15 an hour. Economists are warning that this move will throw many of the least skilled who presently have jobs completely out of the...

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Lands’ End Lays an Egg

The recent Lands’ End catalog featured a Gloria Steinem interview that has roiled its customer base. Lands’ End is a family clothing company selling mainly through its mass-circulated catalog. The...

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Obama’s 3 questions — Answered

At the State of the Union Show Obama ask three domestic policy questions: First, how do we give everyone a fair shot at opportunity and security in this new economy? Second, how do we make technology...

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Government is not over incarcerating, it is over criminalizing

Andrew McCarthy on Washington’s current fetish, sentencing reform: …, the United States does not have an incarceration problem; the vast majority of the people in prison deserve to be there — Heather...

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The only graph you need

Here it is, the only graph you need to understand the world you live in: Fossil fuels are largely responsible for the success of mankind shown in this graph. Fossil fuels have lifted more people out of...

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Americans Spend More on Halloween Than on Federal Prisons

Heather MacDonald, The Decriminalization Delusion: During the halcyon days of “expert”-driven corrections in the 1960s and 1970s, crime was raging. Sentences got longer until, in conjunction with a...

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Today marks the 134th anniversary of the birth of Ludwig von Mises

September 29 marks the 134th anniversary of the birth of Ludwig von Mises, the tallest giant of the “Austrian School” of economics. Although Mises is not a household name, Nobel laureate Friedrich...

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On Wealth, Poverty and Free Markets

Princeton University philosopher Harry Frankfurt says on page 4 of his new book, On Inequality: In extracting from the economic wealth of the nation much more than they require in order to live well,...

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Obama doctrine: Whatever he says expect the opposite

Health Insurance Premiums Have Climbed $4,865 Since Obama Promised to Cut Them $2,500. The post Obama doctrine: Whatever he says expect the opposite appeared first on TeeJaw Blog.

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What does Trump Read?

I guess he doesn’t read John Tamny’s Book Popular Economics, or his articles at Real Clear Markets, such as this one: To Redistribute Jordan Spieth’s Wealth, Let Him Keep It Trump wants to hit hedge...

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Speed Kills? It can but that’s not often the problem

National Motorists Association: Bogus Statistics Hide Real Problems and Solutions. Proponents of aggressive speed enforcement routinely trot out the old saw that speeding causes one-third of all...

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Propitious Unintended Consequences Happened Here

Most of the time the unintended consequences of liberal polices are terrible, mostly because the people who make the decisions don’t have to live with the consequences and intentionally engineer the...

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Understanding red light and speed cameras

Insurance Institute for Highway Safety Shills for Camera Industry In its 30-page report issued last week about the Montgomery County, Maryland, speed camera program, the Insurance Institute for Highway...

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