Pinko Cadillac
I’m frustrated by President Obama’s takeover of General Motors. Not for the obvious reasons, either. I’ve long argued against state mandates for health insurance. One …
Constitutional Reboot
I am ceaselessly amazed at the reverence people in this country have for the Constitution. Most haven’t read it. Most who have read it don’t …
Hainted Hill
It’s amazing how close Marx came to getting it right: “There is a Specter haunting Congress …”
Crunched by Numbers
In early April, a Cato op-ed by Adam Schaeffer described the way in which congressional Democrats had buried a provision in the omnibus spending bill …
Vox Populi
In April Rasmussen Reports noted: “Only 53% of American adults believe capitalism is better than socialism.” Rasmussen’s national telephone survey found that 20% prefer socialism. …
Acid Test
On April 10, I watched former Republican Congressman John Kasich guest-host “The O’Reilly Factor.” He was interviewing Sunsara Taylor, a self-designated anti- war protester. The …
Truth or Dare
I listen to the Sunday talk shows and I never hear the journalists who interview major political figures ask either of two simple questions. They …
The Two Watchmen
“Watchmen” is a graphic novel written in the mid-1980s, a complex work combining text and images to create an alternative reality, a world where “superheroes” …
Hot Air, Cool Hands
The Cato Institute, fresh from its excellent ad telling President Obama that he was, with all due respect, not telling the truth about the uniformity …
Jet Set
President Obama appeared on the “Tonight Show” with Jay Leno on March 19, during the AIG bonus imbroglio. He said, per FoxNews.com, that “he was …