Category Archives: Economics

Unenlightened Liberals

As I have noted on my Facebook page and in the pages of this website, I consider myself, by and large, to be a Classical Liberal (PDF). Others of this class of political thought are the Founding Fathers, Thomas Sowell … Continue reading

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Where is the snooze button?

Click on U.S. National Debt Clock : Real Time to get some sobering statistics on how fast our debt is growing. And in the meantime, many of our political overlords have only one question…

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Addicted to Civilization

In Oil Addiction David Foster writes: The phrase “oil addiction” has come into common use…in his speech the other night, Obama generalized this to “addiction to fossil fuels.” A little historical perspective… Before we were addicted to oil, we were addicted … Continue reading

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My Parents Were Right

Anytime you are doing something past midnight,  you’ll probably regret it later.

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A Triumph and a Tragedy

Last year was an interesting year in politics. The Republicans nominated a Democrat and the Democrats nominated a Socialist. I’m not quite sure who the Socialists nominated, but one can only imagine. I can certainly understand those in the society … Continue reading

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We Just Lighting Up Their Lucky

BatesLine has a great extended quote from probably one of the best Senators in Congress today, Tom Coburn: As a practicing physician, I compare where we are today to a physician who commits malpractice. We have a patient with cancer. … Continue reading

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