Editorial

The House of Representatives has just passed a statute it represents as “repealing and replacing Obamacare.” This legislation, now awaiting what promises to be major challenges in gaining the Senate’s approval, does amend certain aspects of the Obamacare setup, but all in all the changes are less than earth-shaking, and …

Fidget Spinning Explained, Defended, and Celebrated A parent was discussing her child’s obsession with home-made edible slime, feeling some relief that this trend had displaced the annoying bottle-flipping craze of early 2016. Unbeknownst to her, slime is about to be displaced in turn by the newest fashion: fidget spinning.  In …

Donald Trump is proving he has a mild grasp oft the economy killing nature of confiscatory tax rates. He cut taxes last week but raised taxes er… tariffs on Canadian Lumber killing 8600 jobs and slowing the American housing market. Ronald Reagan learned from his first hand experience. Tax and …

exploitation |ˌekˌsploiˈtāSH(ə)n| noun 1 the action or fact of treating someone unfairly in order to benefit from their work: the exploitation of migrant workers. 2 the action of making use of and benefiting from resources: the Bronze Age saw exploitation of gold deposits. 3 the fact of making use of a situation to gain unfair advantage for …

Life is awesome. In fact, it’s so awesome so constantly that we’ve gotten used to it, and whenever one thing goes wrong, we start complaining and thinking that everything is suddenly terrible. Thus we have the phrase “First World problems.” Naturally we also complain about things that are genuinely bad, …

This tit for tat went down on the highlands chat group between yours truly and Commissioner Lance Gilman’s spokesman, Kris Thompson. I’m sharing it here for those who don’t frequent that ecosphere. Since it was a blow by blow response to his email, I am changing the color Kris’s defense …

There is very little I disagree with in this article. As President Reagan proved, cutting taxes spurs growth and, Counterintuitively, increases tax revenues. However, the key point Mr. Tucker touches on is the most important thing missing from President Trump’s Plan: Cut Spending. If you don’t cut spending at the …

Reprinted with permission from FEE.org The U.N. Has Absolutely No Idea How Economic Growth Works I’ve been at the United Nations this week for both the 14th Session of the Committee of Experts on International Cooperation in Tax Matters as well as the Special Meeting of ECOSOC on International Cooperation …

I first learned of the real world practice of capitalism and free markets avoiding the insurance-company-government-collusion-for-coverage-but-no-actual-care hustle known as ObamaCare from Dr. Josh Umbehr on the Tom Woods Show.  With ObamaCare (and TrumpCare if it ever becomes a thing) everyone hoots and hollers about paying for cheap (or free) coverage, but …

    ​   Dear Every American Everywhere, Libertarians believe that Americans have the right to use their hard-earned money as they see fit. Today and everyday, we call for a full refund for all Americans and complete abolishment of the income tax. Currently, the average American family pays $13,758 …