Liberty
Those Who Scream ‘Fascist’ Rarely Know the Word’s Meaning
Editors at Issues and Insights chide left-wing activists who misuse a particular “f” word. A couple of days ago, we posted a satirical piece, call it a sati-torial, with a…
Robert Reich
American political economist (1946-)
Elections & Public Integrity
North Carolina Redistricting – Common Cause NC
With General Assembly redistricting committee meetings underway and the U.S. census data finally released, all eyes will be on how the new districts will be drawn. This includes all the…
Health Care
Profit helps save lives
David Harsanyi reminds National Review Online readers that profit plays a critical role in making our lives better. The New York Times reports that “Pfizer Reaps Hundreds of Millions in…
Regulation
Good for thee, not for me: Robert Reich edition
Andrew Stiles of the Washington Free Beacon reports interesting news involving former U.S. Labor Secretary Robert Reich. Robert Reich, a left-wing professor at the University of California Berkeley who served…
Liberty
Questioning claims of a constitutional crisis
David Catron writes for the American Spectator about U.S. House Democrats’ recent comments regarding a “constitutional crisis.” The same Beltway braniacs who assured us that the President was in league…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
Is giving always good?
We have a love-hate relationship with philanthropy, which starts with questions of fairness and has been magnified for the past hundred years by the income tax. One manifestation is the…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
Foundations and the State
Should private philanthropy seek to replace government-provided social services? I have argued in this space that it should, and have sought in my outside activity to make this possible. Others, however,…
Liberty
Universal Basic Income idea panned
Oren Cass writes at National Review Online about the problems associated with a proposed Universal Basic Income. Under a UBI, the federal government would send each American (including children, in…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
Want a bad tax climate for business? Expect less business
Kevin Williamson‘s latest column at National Review Online tackles the political furor over corporate “inversions.” Merging with a small firm overseas and relocating the corporate headquarters to a friendlier tax…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
Not everybody is on board with the whole economic growth thing
Michael Tanner of the Cato Institute devotes his latest National Review Online column to a peculiar phenomenon among some left-of-center political partisans. They may have wildly different ideas about how…
Liberty
Uh, oh. Is Jonah about to reignite the Hood-Goldberg feud?
Those of you who remember the hard-fought battle between John Hood and Jonah Goldberg at National Review Online in 2007 might wince as you read Goldberg’s latest NRO column. Here…
Liberty
The invincibly ignorant Robert Reich
You might think that Luddite arguments would be too embarrassing even for dyed-in-the-wool progressives, but not Robert Reich. In the letter below, Don Boudreaux demolishes his absurd notion that progress…