Milton Friedman and Ted Cruz on Good Governance – Cut Spending
Milton Friedman and Ted Cruz on Good Governance – Cut Spending Stephen Moore, of the Wall Street Journal, asked Milton Friedman, prior to his death in 2006, what would make…
Obama’s Coercion versus Paul Ryan’s Individualism
Personal Freedom and Power 101: Personal PowerThe distinctive principle of Western social philosophy is individualism. It aims at the creation of a sphere in which the individual is free to…
Illinois’ Pensions Catastrophe Is An American Dilemma
Democracy and Power 102: Voters are rationally ignorant.Tragically, the vast majority of the voters are rationally ignorant of most government actions. The public is ignorant of bills, legislation, regulations and…
Obama: “The government we have is not the government that we need.”
Personal Freedom and Power 107: Limiting Governance As government expands, liberty contracts.-President Ronald Reagan…
Revolting Against Bad Governance
Democracy and Power 101: Government is power Government, in its last analysis, is organized force. – Woodrow Wilson Government, within its jurisdiction, has a monopoly on power. …
Unsettling Science in the Health Care Debate
Settled science rarely is. Except to those with a vested policy interest in the debate. True to form, a recent diatribe by Michael F. Jacobson of the Center for…