Category: Reflections

As the congressional hearings on Toyota and its recall continued, two facts emerged to reinforce the perception that there is a political agenda here. First, …

Last month I watched an episode of the great Fox Business Network show “Stossel,” devoted to the idea that increasing government power is pushing us …

From The New York Times: “Obama Writes Own Health Bill. Should he have done this months ago? Hoping to revive his healthcare agenda, President Obama …

The stunning election of Scott Brown to Teddy Kennedy’s old Senate seat has already had one salutary effect. I refer to the quashing of Craig …

The Winter Olympics recently finished in Vancouver. Every day, there were thousands and thousands of very drunk people in the streets, singing “O Canada!”, doing …

Recently, Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood announced that future federal transit grants would focus on “livability.” Beneath the rhetoric is LaHood’s decision to eliminate the only …

I met with a government minister on my last visit to Haiti— I believe he’s now their ambassador to the United Nations. As you know, …

With all the recent animosity against CEOs making multimillion dollar sala- ries, you would think that CEOs are all outrageously over- paid. I think this …

Under Comrade Obama and his Red Congress, Big Labor has seen its political power and rent-seeking capacity reach astronomical heights. From granting it the act …

I confess to receiving Social Security and Medicare and being a plausible candidate for a “death squad.” I might make excuses for myself, but why …