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The Equality Obsession
The word “equality” is being rammed down our throats every day, with special focus on the so-called “income gap.” The presumption is that we …
What is America Anyway?
There are occasions in American life – and they come too often these days – when you want to scream: “what the heck has …
Unemployment Solutions: Both Weird and Scary
There was a brief moment of joy at the news that retailers hired 206,000 new people in November. But only one day later, the …
Spooner the Prophet
How much more ridiculous can the US Postal Service get? This you will not believe. It has embarked on a public relations campaign to …
Deleverage the World
Capitalism is supposed to be a system of profit and loss, but in recent years, central bankers and central planners seem to have forgotten …
What the Heck Happened to America?
There are occasions in American life – and they come too often these days – when you want to scream: “what the heck has …
How We Adore Taco Bell
We’ve all visited Taco Bell a thousand times – 2 billion of us at least once every year – but now I’ve taken the …
The Difference between OWS and Anti-Vietnam Protests
The Occupy protesters imagine that they stand in a great tradition of American radicalism, willing to stand up to the man and risk arrest …
The Self-Expropriation of the Patriotic Millionaires
Do you want higher taxes? There is an easy answer. Pay more. No one is stopping you. You can overpay to the tax authorities. …