Patricia Ireland and her National Organization for Women have released a statement attacking the Bush budget and tax-cut plan. She points to deficiencies in tax revenue and spending by virtue of accusing Bush of “pushing budget and tax cuts that will hurt women’s physical and economic health as well as the safety of women and families.” No, George
We’ve all listened to the incessant criminalizing of SUVs and of those who have a fondness for driving them. The anti-SUV crowd is led by the maniacal green people, though they are joined by the carpool fanciers and the general collectivist rank-and-file that despises anything remotely resembling status or success. And, let’s face it, an imposing
You see it in daycare centers, and you see it in the public schools, from kindergarten to high school. Group projects abound, shoving together individuals who have no formal bonds, yet are banded together for the purpose of collective decision-making. Universities, both public and private, are not immune to this affliction. In fact, if you attend
Waiting To Inhale . By Alan Bock. (Seven Locks Press, 2000, 286 pages) $18.95. Alan Bock, senior editorial writer for the Orange County Register , knows marijuana. Bock has covered California’s medical marijuana initiative, Proposition 215, since the movement began in 1996. His book, Waiting to Inhale , gives its readers a smoking inside look at
Every wartime president is hailed as one of the great ones, including Lincoln, Wilson, FDR, and, now, Bush. In polls of presidential “greatness,” the former three constantly rank at or near the top. In presidential popularity polls since 9/11, Bush’s fashionableness has skyrocketed. The talk is that he is another one certain to “go down in history
As layoffs continue to mount during this economic downturn, let us reflect on the purpose of the labor market, with a special focus on the market I know best: academic music. A classmate once told me he would become a university faculty member or an overeducated, “bitter, underemployed vagabond.” He got his PhD in social psychology; I got my MS in
The Microsoft trials remind us that the fear of industrial concentration is the last refuge of socialist theory. The claim is that capitalism ultimately fails because all (or most, or at least some) industries naturally congeal into monopolies in a free market. It follows that government must regulate industries to bring about “competition.” It
The lessons to be learned from food are limitless. Almost any food you can name--if you study its history--has something to say about economics, politics, history, or culture. For whatever reason, tea, particularly the plain old regular types we all know (such as the “black” tea found in cheap boxes of 1,000 teabags at the local grocery gigamart),
Steve Forbes, the wealthy publisher-presidential hopeful, can be an eloquent defender of free enterprise. But there’s another side, too, which was revealed in a recent group discussion on economics that took place on Fox News Channel. Forbes’s comments showed a complete lack of understanding of the basics of a free economy. Against proposals that
NOTE: The Mises Institute neither buys nor sells kidney, nor any other bodily organ, nor are we prepared to receive bodily organs as in-kind gifts. On April 18, the Fox News Channel reported that the federal government, led by HHS Secretary Tommy Thompson, is trying to rally support for organ donations. Even celebrities are supportive of this
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