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‘Are You For the Rich or Poor?’: The Proper Way to Answer the Question
Are you for the poor?
Manufacturing-Sector Contracts Again in December
“The latest manufacturing survey suggests broad weakness and falling price pressures for manufacturers. The outlook remains highly uncertain. Caution is warranted.” ~ Robert Hughes
Paul Ehrlich: Wrong on 60 Minutes and for Almost 60 Years
CBS recently featured infamous doomsayer Paul Ehrlich on their long-running show 60 Minutes.
What Ayn Rand Meant by “Americanism”
In 1946, a Russian immigrant to America tried to remind her fellow citizens what America was all about.
Private-Sector Job Openings Remain High Despite a Second Consecutive Decline
“Private-sector job openings fell in November but remain high, suggesting an ongoing labor shortage. However, the outlook remains highly uncertain.” ~ Robert Hughes
Economic Reality Is Far Too Complex to Be Improved By Trade Restrictions
"Unlike market participants guided by prices, politicians and administrators literally have no reliable information to guide them. They will therefore be guided exclusively by their own biases and hunches." ~ Donald…
What Deeper Lessons Can We Learn From Southwest Airlines’ Meltdown?
"The lesson of Southwest Airlines’ debacle is not that it was 'dumb' or 'shortsighted.' Rather, it should make all of us think more deeply about the opportunity costs and benefits of small, or…
Cato’s Letters Explained “the Glorious Principles of Liberty” to the American Founders
In the twilight of his life, John Adams reflected on the American Revolution in a letter to Thomas Jefferson, writing: “What do We mean by the Revolution?
A Key Lesson in Education Policy: You Don’t Make Peace with Termites
"As important as issues like taxes and regulations are, their most important (and most difficult) task is to restore control of education to people who actually want to educate." ~ George Leef
Why Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s Mother Refused to Send Her Small Children to Germany’s Public Schools
I know very little about Dietrich Bonhoeffer (1906-1945), the German theologian who was hanged in April 1945 by the Nazis for spying on and opposing Hitler’s regime.
