ObamaCare Anesthesia

Time is a great anesthetic. Obama and the 111th Congress counted on it.

QE2, With the Benefit of a little Hindsight

Long term interest rates are rising, US trading partners are incensed, commodity prices are soaring, Fed credibility is crumbling and QE2 is just beginning.

The Empire Strikes Out

Obama recently likened the GOP to "The Empire", the bad guys from the Star Wars movies.  Of successful GOP fundraising efforts he said "The Empire is Striking Back".

               Darth Obama, Sith Lord,, Apprentice or Master??

Unpublished WSJ Submission

I wrote the following in response to a chilling article by Federal HHS Director, Kathleen Sebelius.  Newt Gingrich had a lengthy response which did get published, but unfortunately mine did not. 

Free Trade

No issue has more potential to raise the global standard of living, and the health and happiness of the world’s population, than free trade. 

What Is, and What Ought To Be

Journalists, politicians and liberal arts students get to think a lot about "what ought to be".  "what ought to be" thinking is not constrained by the possible.

How Freedom Dies

Vilification of someone or something is a requisite step on the road to authoritarianism.