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Bright Lights Big City
LED bulbs are causing light pollution in cities, or so it seems. The bulbs last longer, make that a lot longer than incandescent bulbs, and use less electricity so lower electric bills. So what’s not...
View ArticleThe counter argument against drug legalization
This will be the Cliff Notes version. The arguments in favor of drug legalization are based on two basic themes. The “Liberty” argument and the “Cut Out the Middle Man” argument. The liberty argument...
View ArticleMinimum wage laws hurt low-wage workers
Minimum wage laws reduce employment. By making it illegal for anyone to work for less than say, ten dollars per hour, government makes those who would only be employable at $8, $9, or $9.99 per hour...
View ArticleSearch for truth
“Truth would quickly cease to be stranger than fiction, once we got as used to it.” —H.L. Mencken On college campuses in America the truth is considered hate speech and must be suppressed. by the...
View ArticleWhy the insurance industry wanted Obamacare
Obamacare gives big windfall to insurance companies as quality of healthcare declines. Estimates for 2016 show that insurance companies around the country are seeking premium rate increases of 20...
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The old, tired, exhausted party
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View ArticleThe Iran Deal — Déjà Vu all over again
Munich 1938 redux… Barack Obama is not Neville Chamberlain…Chamberlain actually wanted peace, he just didn’t know how to get it. … Continue reading → The post The Iran Deal — Déjà Vu all over again...
View ArticleAnother view on Trump
Many attribute Donald Trump’s recent political ascendancy as a reaction to the elite establishment of the Republican party showing a distaste for conservatism and its own conservative voters. While...
View ArticleMore manufacturing jobs will be lost
This is what Democrats do: They impose destructive economic policies that force industries to move out of the country, and then they attack and demonize companies that do what they have to do in...
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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...
View ArticlePropitious 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...
View ArticleSpeed 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...
View ArticleWhat 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...
View ArticleObama 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.
View ArticleOn 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,...
View ArticleToday 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...
View ArticleAmericans 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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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...
View ArticleGovernment 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...
View ArticleObama’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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