Category: Reflections

On March 20, The Wall Street Journal reported, in respect to the AIG bonuses: “The Obama administration said that it was pursuing all avenues for …

A newscaster just informed me that “the market” was up yesterday. This man was quite chipper, presumably because “the market” has been plummeting for months. …

The drug wars in Mexico are devastating that country. Thousands are dying, the tourist economy is affected, and fear and intimidation have become facts of …

One of the running jokes in the much-missed television sitcom “Arrested Development” involves the characters, in their extremely rare moments of self-reflection, pondering the choices …

A March 17, 2009 MarketWatch report out of San Francisco announced that the IRS will grant a break to victims of Bernard Madoff’s $64 billion …

Stephen Chapman, the excellent syndicated columnist for the Chicago Tribune, said of Congress’ effort to tax away the bonus money ofAIC employees: “Maybe the people …

I don’t feel I’ve said enough about professional American corporate executives in the past, partly because it’s impossible to say enough about this generally despicable …

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 …

The administration’s response to the current economic recession and the mainstream media’s coverage of the resulting statist schemes has degraded political rhetoric. During W. Bush’s …

In February the White House announced that it planned to put the United States on a path to double the dollars it sends abroad in …