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Cato University 2010

March 31, 2010

I have had the pleasure of attending three Cato University programs, one in Washington, D.C., in 2004, and two in San Diego in 2007 and 2009. The programs are offered by the Cato Institute, the prominent libertarian think tank based in D.C. This summer’s program (July 25-30) is again being held at the paradisiacal Rancho […]

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Karzai Scolds Obama Over His Failures

March 29, 2010

KABUL, Afghanistan – Unconfirmable reports have confirmed that President Karzai of Afghanistan, after summoning President Obama of the U.S. to his capital with only three days notice, scolded Obama about several areas of continuing concern. In a gracious attempt to allow Obama to save face, Karzai agreed to pretend “for now” that the trip was […]

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Politicians’ Jobs Nonsense

March 27, 2010

People naturally are concerned with employment. Politicians are preying on this concern by making “jobs” the rationale for every proposal they push, no matter how negative the actual effect on jobs. Here are some fallacies politicians deploy, often with the indulgence and encouragement of the media.

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Health Care Bill: The Real Violence and Vandalism

March 25, 2010

The leftist supporters of the now-signed health care bill present phony fears of threats and violence in an unconvincing affectation of victimhood, while attempting to distract from the havoc they have wreaked. The reality: the perpetrators of the bill are the violent and the vandals. All government power is exercised through force or the threat of […]

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America’s First Teenage President

March 17, 2010

The “Birthers” challenge President Obama’s eligibility to be president, questioning his country of birth. Some particularly skeptical critics think this concedes too much, and, citing the bizarreness factor, question Obama’s planet of birth. Now, a new concern trumps the issue of Obama’s place of birth—his year of birth. Yes, we somehow elected America’s First Teenage […]

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Bubbles: Let’s Pop the Illusion the Government Can Help

March 13, 2010

Today’s Wall Street Journal has an interesting profile of Didier Sornette, director of the Financial Crisis Observatory at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich, “The Professor who Chases Financial Bubbles.” Dr. Sornette endeavors to identify bubbles and predict their course. My comment argues against the government being in the bubble business, so we […]

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Leave the U.S. Department of Education Behind

March 13, 2010

The White House today proposed rewriting the No Child Left Behind law. In a comment on Wall Street Journal Online, I suggest an alternative: abolish the DOE.

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Texas Textbook Trauma

March 11, 2010

The Texas State Board of Education will be making decisions concerning the social-studies curriculum guidelines, subject to the usual “culture war” conflicts. This year conservatives and liberals are lobbying the board with their opposing views of the role of religion in U.S. history, as well as which historical figures warrant inclusion in textbooks. Last year, […]

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