American historian (1951-)
Michael Tanner uses his latest National Review Online column to explore what he labels “overheated rhetoric” about tax reform. “Armageddon,” House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi warned, calling it “the worst…
One of the most frustrating aspects of today’s society is that so many Americans show contempt for the wealthy and support policies rooted in sticking it to successful people they…
It?s only fitting that TIME?s last potshot at George W. Bush ? at least the last one aimed during his tenure as president ? would mix snark with some misstatements…
Reason Magazine polled “policy wonks, journalists, thinkers, and other public figures in the reason universe.” John McCain is highly unpopular among them. Some highlights: Drew Carey: “Anybody but McCain/Palin. Seriously.…
Double taxation for responsible fiscal savers sounds like a bad plan to me. This is one of the cons associated with eliminating all income tax and replacing it with an…
Bruce Bartlett criticized the FairTax in Sunday’s WSJ. FairTaxers have challenged him in comments on blogs, though not yet at fairtax.org.
Feverish to score points with envy-driven voters, many of the presidential candidates are saying that they would increase capital gains taxes “to be fair.” In a Wall Street Journal column…
With perfect timing for JLF’s tour, Bruce Bartlett writes here that climate change is nothing new. People were observing cycles as long ago as the time of the ancient Greeks.…
Shawn Macomber and Bruce Bartlett. Neither is very flattering.
Bruce Bartlett has a nice column today on the subject of presidential greatness. He points out that since these surveys are generally done by historians, they overemphasize presidential activity. Presidents…
When kids misbehaved in the old days, even before my time, they were given a big spoonful of castor oil as punishment. It seems that more and more leaders on…
Bruce Bartlett’s column yesterday noted the difference between the Founders conception of how the government would work under the Constitution and how it has evolved. He notes that the Founders…