Mr. Obama, Tear that Embargo Down!
Back in 1980, as a response to the United States’ continued appeal to Fidel Castro to tear down Cuba’s sugar cane curtain, and to our …
Category: Reflections
Voluntary Requirement
As founding treasurer and director of American International Group, my father is turning over in his grave at the shenanigans of AIG’s finance arm and …
Dark Clouds Gathering?
April proved a bloody month in Iraq. Just as U.S. troops were closing up shop in the cities, violence spiked. Suicide and car bombings caused …
One Flu Over
The little pandemic that couldn’t seems to have petered out, and by the time this article is published, there is a very good chance that …
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 …
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 …
Californinsanity
A recent report on the L.A. Times blog (April 16) gives us additional insight into how stupid laws come about, and why California has such …
When Elites Go Bad
On April 21, the Supreme Court heard arguments on the case of Savanna Redding. Six years ago, when Miss Redding was a 13-year-old eighth grader, …
Free Car Care for All
In one fell swoop, President Obama made the federal government the new owner of General Motors. So rather than allowing the company to reorganize on …
Turtle Power
My wife and I are avid technical rock climbers. Our favorite cragging area is Red Rocks Recreation Area, a BLM park outside Las Vegas, Nevada. …