Category: Reflections

For more than a year, Wall Street bond analysts have been warning that growing debt sales by the U.S. Treasury will eventually put upward pressure …

The AP reports that House Democrats are expressing concerns about their personal safety following protests over health care legislation. I don’t see what the problem …

According to a recent study, enrollment at for-profit colleges has increased 50% over the past couple years. Shouldn’t be a surprise to anyone. Absent a …

The idiocy of our governmentally monopolized school system has been illustrated anew by a recent story about the Kansas City public schools. In fact, it …

Every once in a while I am asked, “If you had to choose a form of government under which to live, which would it be?” …

On March 18, President Obama signed the $17.5 billion Hiring Incentives to Restore Employment Act (HR 2487), or HIRE. On page 27, it includes an …

USA Today reports (April 2) the results of an interesting survey just published in the Annals of Internal Medicine. The survey asked people whether they …

The Sarbanes-Oxley Act, a statist indulgence passed in the wake of the Enron financial accounting scandal, requires publicly-traded companies to make announcements whenever they rea- …

Women can’t get any satisfaction these days. Yet another report, this by the American Association of University Women (AAUW), asks why there are so few …

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 …