Intellectuals and Race There are so many fallacies about race that it would be hard to say which is the most ridiculous. However, one fallacy behind many other fallacies is the notion that there is something unusual abou...
How to Put Epoxy into the Wheels of Commerce Folks who are working hard to expand our stagnant economy in the face of government-imposed headwinds had to be upset if they read the March 14 article in Bloomberg BusinessWeek entitled “Obama Wil...
The President's Column ~ Budget Battle There are very few things in Washington one would consider consistent; that is, unless you consider lawmakers’ inability to reach a compromise something you can always count on.
As Congress and the...
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Things that Caught My Eye this Week Add $239 more to the budget hole: If things weren’t bleak enough for the state’s fiscal outlook, more bad news came this week in the form of a $239 million federal court judgment against Louisiana....
Budget Politics Back in my teaching days, many years ago, one of the things I liked to ask the class to consider was this: Imagine a government agency with only two tasks: (1) building statues of Benedict Arnold a...
The Carbon Tax: A bad idea whose time has not come President Obama was mostly silent about the “climate change” issue during his re-election campaign last year. That was undoubtedly due to the low standing the topic has with voters. In his State of...
Shepherds and Sheep John Stuart Mill’s classic essay “On Liberty” gives reasons why some people should not be taking over other people’s decisions about their own lives. But Professor Cass Sunstein of Harvard has give...
March Madness Unless the unlikely happens, on March 1 the much cussed and discussed federal sequester will automatically trigger, cutting some $1.2 trillion over 10 years across the board in both defense and dis...
Guns and Pensions
A nation's choice between spending on military defense and spending on civilian goods has often been posed as "guns versus butter." But understanding the choices of many nations' political leaders ...
Tax Reform for Louisiana’s Future
When deciding where to place major job-creating projects, corporate executives often choose among several states with comparable location advantages. Taxes usually are amongtheir top site-selection...
Random Thoughts I can't get excited by the question of whether Senator Robert Menendez had sex with a prostitute in Central America. It is her word against his -- and when it comes to a prostitute's word against a...
