July 4, 2015

Liberal 'Economic Policy Institute' twists statistics on the wage gap

All degrees are not equal, but how could we possibly expect a think-tank to realize that? Last month, the center-left Economic Policy Institute released a report highlighting the gender wage gap among recent college graduates.  To q...

July 4, 2015

Free college won't solve the student debt crisis

Student debt tops $1.2 trillion.  With all the consequences of mounting student loan debt taken into account, liberal policymakers have generally proposed one of two solutions: heavily subsidizing student loans or forgiving outstanding student l...

July 4, 2015

Bogus gun control successes: U.K. edition

Back when he was still on the air, I would often perform an act of charity in doubling Piers Morgan’s ratings by tuning in to his show.  When the topic of gun control would come up, and it did often, there was one argument that Piers would...

March 30, 2015

Obama's Free Community College Plan Will Mostly Help the Affluent

If you’ve followed the news recently, you’ve heard about President Obama’s proposal to make community colleges free for students who would like to attend them. With a now Republican controlled House and Senate, the proposal has litt...

March 22, 2015

Are the poorest states really Right To Work?

Here’s an interesting statistic released by the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) the other day: of the top 10 poorest states, 8 are right-to-work states.  I was naturally skeptical, and they didn’...

February 18, 2013

Taking Ed Schultz to Task on the Minimum Wage

On his MSNBC show on February 13th, Ed Schultz came to the President's defense of his recent proposal to raise the minimum wage to $9 an hour. According to Schultz, while Republicans say that "it's gonna' cost jobs and it's gonna' hurt small business...

April 24, 2012

MoveOn.org and the Auto Bailout

Following their typical headline style, MoveOn.org's latest reads "The Big Secret The GOP Wants To Keep Hidden About A Certain Bailout." The bailout they're speaking of here is the auto bailout. Keep in mind that the leftists over at MoveOn are selec...

January 22, 2012

The Psychology of Taxation

If you spend much time listening to the mainstream media, it often seems that everyone wants taxes to be raised on the wealthy.  After reviewing one recent study and some polling data, it appears that there are some important psychological facto...

December 31, 2011

Leftist Talking Points of 2011

Talking points of the left conjured up this year have been about as numerous as they have been wrong.  Many of these talking points previously existed, but never before have they been used with such frequency, and never before have they received...

December 17, 2011

How the Free Market Can Cure Health Care

There are many myths that proponents of socialized medicine commonly use to advance their cause.  One thing that is true, however, is that rising costs are a major flaw in the current system.  In due time, this problem could well constitute...

December 3, 2011

How Not to Criticize American Health Care

There is much talk about a health care "crisis" in America, but the only real problem, rising costs, is largely attributable to interference in markets, not markets themselves.  Unfortunately, going socialized wouldn't be much of a transition, s...