Macron and Other Offshore Topics
Emmanuel Macron has handily won the French presidential election. Now comes the hard part: trying to “govern a nation that has 246 different kinds of cheese?” (to quote Charles De
The 100 Days of Sodumb
So much has been written about the first 100 days of the Trump administration that I will try to keep my comments brief. But I already know that I will
Healthcare and Free Markets
One of the most successful propaganda efforts of the Left is the myth that we have a “free market” healthcare system in America.[1] This is followed by the claim that
Public Sector Unions
I occasionally try to get an opinion piece published in The Wall Street Journal. It never works. Even when I write something that is totally in line with the WSJ’s
Corruption Around The World
Some developments on the corruption front. In South Korea, we have recently seen the arrest of Lee Jae-yong, the leader of Samsung, on charges of bribery. We have also just
Hypocrisy Has a Field Day
The first victim in war, the old saying goes, is the truth. The corollary is that the first beneficiary is hypocrisy. After the United States launched 59 cruise missiles against
The Failing New York Times
Trump is an ass, but that doesn’t mean that his attacks on the biased media are always wrong. The New York Times has recently come out with a howler so
Clowns to the Left of Me, Jokers to the Right
I recently had dinner with an old friend from the Left. She was rightfully incensed about the religious Right. What she fails to see, however, is the lunacy of the
The Trumpcare Fiasco and Other Short Takes
I have just returned from a lengthy trip to Nevada, California (where I attended a conference organized by the libertarian Reason magazine – more below), and Hawaii. After fighting back
The Tao of Economics
John Cochrane, the libertarian economist from the Hoover Institution at Stanford, has recently commented on a blog posting from Russ Roberts, one of his colleagues.[1] Roberts’ post argues that economists