The Cobbler’s Children Have No Shoes

Jul. 17, 2016 by

Ilya Shapiro, who is responsible for constitutional studies at the Cato Institute, a libertarian think tank, has recently published a piece about the Obama administration’s performance in the Supreme Court.

Manufacturing Jobs

Jun. 20, 2016 by

BloombergView has recently run an article that touches upon something that has been puzzling me for a while.  The article is entitled “Who Needs Factories Anyway?” and it claims that

Bankruptcy Law: Another Government Failure

Jun. 12, 2016 by

There is a lively blame game relating to the great financial crisis (GFC).  The Left likes to blame it on deregulation (especially the partial repeal of Glass-Steagall) and greed.  The

What Could Possibly Go Wrong?

Jun. 8, 2016 by

The Wall Street Journal and BloombergView have just run articles on the shadow banking system in China.  This has put me in a nostalgic mood. About 35 years ago when I

Legacy Building

Jun. 6, 2016 by

President Obama has been in full-bore legacy mode lately. He took a trip to Hiroshima, adding to his list of presidential firsts.  After much speculation, he decided to skip being

Clinton v. Trump

May. 16, 2016 by

These days, I seem to talk about little else.  The Republican Party is locked in the same conversation. Most of my friends fall into the same camp as the former

Helicopter Money

Apr. 30, 2016 by

If you aren’t familiar with this expression by now, you shortly will be.  In just two recent days, articles on this subject popped up in The Wall Street Journal (here

We Need Freedom, Not “Religious Freedom”

Apr. 14, 2016 by

BloombergView has recently run a couple of articles that point out the absurdities that arise when the modern religion of political correctness (PC) collides with one of the old ones.

China Innovates: A New Way to Lie with Numbers

Mar. 26, 2016 by

The Wall Street Journal has just run an article about the latest data manipulation coming out of China. China is experiencing strong currency outflows.   This is a combination of “hot

Double or Quits

Mar. 16, 2016 by

I have just finished reading an article entitled “Fight or Flight: America’s Choice in the Middle East” in Foreign Affairs (behind the subscription blocker here).  It is written by Kenneth