Blame it on the Times
“The policy elite — central bankers, finance ministers, politicians who pose as defenders of fiscal virtue — are acting like the priests of some ancient …
Faux Pas
In a series of television and radio interviews, Rand Paul, the libertarian Republican candidate for senator from Kentucky, suggested that the Civil Rights Act of …
A Bubbling Brew
I don’t understand the commotion over oil spilled into the Gulf of Mexico when a drilling operation went sour. Oil has always oozed out of …
Nickel and Dimed
The welfare state grows when envy convinces voters that governments can take from the rich and give to the poor, thus increasing the size of …
Trade Imbalance
Agonizing over the low Chinese yuan, Senators Graham and Schumer threaten to retaliate against the Chinese and bring jobs back to the United States, by …
Freeing Speech
The Supreme Court found that laws preventing unions and corporations from political advertising were unconstitutional. Reaction was furious. The Economist’s blogger wrote, “For over a …
Government Cloaca
Discussion of bipartisan- ship always puts me in mind of sewage and the Grand River in west Michigan. For many years, storm water drain pipes …
Lazarus Syndrome
Americans have been conditioned to value medical care more than it is worth. Medicine has become the new religion. People believe that doctors can prolong …
Sonya’s Short Term?
There is a jarringly obvious angle of Judge Sotomayor’s nomination to the Supreme Court that has unaccountably been ignored: her medical history. When I noted …