Category: Reflections

The economy looks pretty bad. In late August, the Federal Reserve chairman, Ben Bernanke, announced with some bravado that he still had weapons in his …

California Attorney General Jerry Brown, former state governor and now candidate for the office once again, has set a new record for irony. Eager to …

George W. Bush was famous for his infectious grin — it made the Left sick. Sometime during his first term it became the smirk that …

I have been meaning for several months to bring to our readers’ attention a fascinating study published last year. It is “Tax Burden and Individual …

The July jobs report (released in early August) painted the picture of a continuing jobless recovery. The economy actually lost 131,000 jobs, total — a …

This summer, the mainstream media spent much time and energy discussing the case of Shirley Sherrod, an Obama appointee in the Department of Agriculture (USDA) …

“The policy elite — central bankers, finance ministers, politicians who pose as defenders of fiscal virtue — are acting like the priests of some ancient …

Two reports from unlikely sources suggest that the public is beginning to wake up to the lavish compensation our government workers enjoy. USA Today (August …

On August 3, the Los Angeles Times ran a surprising story about my hometown. In just five years, the paper notes, L.A. may well be …

Beyond the entertainment value of its more childish expressions (think “The Jerry Springer Show”), disagreement is today generally avoided, in respectable society, as — well …