Two cheers for outsourcing

Two cheers for outsourcing

Economy |  Outsourcing is a commercial practice that began in antiquity. Entrepreneurs have always sought ways to minimize costs. Though higher profits were their goal,

Limitations of the Marxist worldview

Limitations of the Marxist worldview

Government |  I address my commentary today to all benevolent politicians and bureaucrats in Washington. It points to just a few of the things that our government can do…

Obama's 'blueprint' for America

Obama's 'blueprint' for America

Economy |  Last week I exposed, not for the first time, President Obama as a mercantilist. Alas, he is not the only one out there. It is time we all learn three truths…

Reflections on the State of the Union 2012

Reflections on the State of the Union 2012

Economy |  This year's State of the Union address was full of reheated slogans from previous media appearances. It was not surprising that the event had attracted…

Death and taxes: Another test for my 'progressive' friends

Death and taxes: Another test for my 'progressive' friends

Economy |  "It is a paradoxical truth, that tax rates are too high today, and tax revenues are too low, and the soundest way to raise revenues, in the long run, is to…

Christians and Ron Paul: A counterpoint

Christians and Ron Paul: A counterpoint

Politics |  In a recent WORLDmag.com column, D.C. Innes argued against Ron Paul's candidacy. The main reason: The candidate's "opposition to moral legislation," which is…

A cure can be worse than the disease

A cure can be worse than the disease

Economy |  A man was drinking beer and watching soccer with friends. "I don't know what to do with my son," the father confided in his buddies. "Every morning his bed is…

Milton Friedman's century: Who protects the worker?

Milton Friedman's century: Who protects the worker?

Economy |  A friend of mine runs a small construction business in the Midwest. He invested a lot of time and money on a project to build retirement duplex villas for…

More dangerous than ever

More dangerous than ever

Economy |  This year I dedicated several columns to Friedrich Hayek. In his masterpiece, The Road to Serfdom , Hayek dispelled the myth that societies move in the direction…

Peace on earth?

Peace on earth?

Faith & Inspiration |  North Korea calls its South Korean neighbors "mean" for putting Christmas lights near the border. It is not surprising that, after the social engineers in…

Thing One and Thing Two to the rescue

Thing One and Thing Two to the rescue

Economy |  My daughter woke up during the night with fever and a sore throat. We went to the emergency room where a nurse recorded her temperature as 102 F. Two doctors…

People vs. profits?

People vs. profits?

Occupy Wall Street |  I saw a young man carrying a sign that read: "People before profits." The guy had joined "Occupy Chicago" crowd, chanting passionately against the greed of…

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