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November 20, 2018

Robert Reich's Ludicrous Defense of Socialized Medicine for All

Economist Robert Reich tries to defend socialized medicine by extolling the efficiency and cost effectiveness of government bureaucracies. 

November 13, 2018

Democrats' Far-Left Losses Won't Change the Party's Trajectory

Far-left Democratic candidates may not have done well in the recent election, but the Democratic Part is nevertheless embracing and pushing their agenda.

November 6, 2018

Outdated Medicaid Rolls May Tell Us Something About Outdated Voter Rolls

States historically have had a difficult time managing their data, such as Medicaid and voter rolls. Trying to clean up those rolls may just be a sign of good governance rather than voter suppression.

October 30, 2018

Does Government-Run Health Coverage Have Lower Administrative Costs?

Advocates for government-run health insurance have the difficult job of proving the government is more efficient than the private sector.

October 23, 2018

Last Year's Half-Trillion Interest on the Federal Debt

Interest on the federal debt—all of the debt—is now larger than the income tax revenue from three-fifths of the states...and rising.

October 16, 2018

Are the Rich Getting Richer or the Left Just Getting More Gullible?

Democrats will push the income inequality theme as we move to 2020? But is it really the problem they claim it is?

October 9, 2018

Taylor Swift Performs Economics and Hits a Flat Note

Taylor Swift is very good at performing, but not so good at economics. There is a reason why there is a gender pay gap and it has little to do with discrimination. 

October 2, 2018

Jerry Brown, Meet the Constitution

California's effort to regulate the internet ignores the Constitution's Commerce Clause, even though the internet is the very definition of interstate commerce.

September 25, 2018

GOP Fumbled the Health Care Football, Now Dems Hope to Score

Bizarrely, Democratic legislation that helped them lose the House and later the Senate has become a a focus of their 2018 campaign ads. 

September 18, 2018

Ending U.S. Aid to Palestinians: A Good Start

The U.S. is reevaluating which countries receive U.S. foreign assistance. That's a good move for U.S. taxpayers and a bad move for Palestinians, which take our money even as they rail against us. 

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