Articles in the Articles Category
Rand Paul and the Civil Rights Act: Was He Right?
Posted in Articles, News on 26 May 2010
Stats: 56 views and No Comments [Sheldon Richman, writing in the Christian Science Monitor, discusses the recent controversy over Rand Paul's statements about the civil rights. Richman is editor of The Freeman] Fresh from his victory in last week’s Kentucky Republican senatorial primary, Rand Paul found himself caught in a whirlwind when MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow asked whether the ...
Posted in Articles, News on 26 May 2010
Stats: 56 views and No Comments [Sheldon Richman, writing in the Christian Science Monitor, discusses the recent controversy over Rand Paul's statements about the civil rights. Richman is editor of The Freeman] Fresh from his victory in last week’s Kentucky Republican senatorial primary, Rand Paul found himself caught in a whirlwind when MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow asked whether the ...
Freedom Seminars of Portland, Ore.: Worthy of Emulation
Posted in Articles on 17 May 2010
Stats: 535 views and 2 Comments Last fall FEE president Lawrence Reed and Freeman editor Sheldon Richman traveled to Oregon to participate in the 2009 session of Freedom Seminars, a series, run by David and Laurie Hendersen, that for 19 years has presented lectures by prominent freedom advocates to enthusiastic crowds from a wide area around ...
Posted in Articles on 17 May 2010
Stats: 535 views and 2 Comments Last fall FEE president Lawrence Reed and Freeman editor Sheldon Richman traveled to Oregon to participate in the 2009 session of Freedom Seminars, a series, run by David and Laurie Hendersen, that for 19 years has presented lectures by prominent freedom advocates to enthusiastic crowds from a wide area around ...
Daily Liberty Checklist
Posted in Articles on 23 February 2010
Stats: 2,466 views and 13 Comments What Did You Do For Liberty Today? (put a check mark next to any that apply): ____ I raised it in a conversation and hopefully turned on a light in at least one person’s mind ____ I defended it when it was challenged by error ____ I improved my own knowledge ...
Posted in Articles on 23 February 2010
Stats: 2,466 views and 13 Comments What Did You Do For Liberty Today? (put a check mark next to any that apply): ____ I raised it in a conversation and hopefully turned on a light in at least one person’s mind ____ I defended it when it was challenged by error ____ I improved my own knowledge ...
The Power to Tax is the Power
Posted in The Goal Is Freedom on 27 November 2009
Stats: 43 views and No Comments It would be nice if we could count on the court, at the very least, to forbid Congress from achieving a goal by means that violate freedom if means are available that do not. But let’s hold our breath.
Posted in The Goal Is Freedom on 27 November 2009
Stats: 43 views and No Comments It would be nice if we could count on the court, at the very least, to forbid Congress from achieving a goal by means that violate freedom if means are available that do not. But let’s hold our breath.
Let’s Ignore Congress
Posted in The Goal Is Freedom on 6 November 2009
Stats: 7 views and No Comments I spent a good part of Wednesday night closely skimming — my conscience won’t let me type “reading” — the Republicans’ alternative healthcare “reform” bill. It’s 219 pages of legalese. I know it’s one-tenth the size of Speaker Pelosi’s bill, but that doesn’t make for easier navigation. Figuring out how ...
Posted in The Goal Is Freedom on 6 November 2009
Stats: 7 views and No Comments I spent a good part of Wednesday night closely skimming — my conscience won’t let me type “reading” — the Republicans’ alternative healthcare “reform” bill. It’s 219 pages of legalese. I know it’s one-tenth the size of Speaker Pelosi’s bill, but that doesn’t make for easier navigation. Figuring out how ...
Regulating Executive Pay Can Reduce Systemic Risk
Posted in Articles on 4 November 2009
Stats: 3 views and No Comments The critical concern is with top government executives who can create national and international panic, lay the groundwork for international inflation or deflation, and just by voting and writing regulations can change the risk profile of entire industries.
Posted in Articles on 4 November 2009
Stats: 3 views and No Comments The critical concern is with top government executives who can create national and international panic, lay the groundwork for international inflation or deflation, and just by voting and writing regulations can change the risk profile of entire industries.
Ben Bernanke Saved the Day?
Posted in Not So Fast!, Uncategorized on 28 October 2009
Stats: 15 views and No Comments The final verdict is in. The venerable “progressive” Atlantic has spoken. Ben Bernanke and his “radical interventions,” the publication recently claimed, “may have saved the day.” Yet there are doubters out there; I’m one of them.
Posted in Not So Fast!, Uncategorized on 28 October 2009
Stats: 15 views and No Comments The final verdict is in. The venerable “progressive” Atlantic has spoken. Ben Bernanke and his “radical interventions,” the publication recently claimed, “may have saved the day.” Yet there are doubters out there; I’m one of them.
Getting in Deeper
Posted in The Goal Is Freedom on 23 October 2009
Stats: 5 views and No Comments In what the Wall Street Journal calls "a watershed moment for government intervention in the private sector," the Federal Reserve announced yesterday it will regulate executive compensation at all banks so that they will not have incentives to take on too much risk. The term "pretence of knowledge" comes to mind.
Posted in The Goal Is Freedom on 23 October 2009
Stats: 5 views and No Comments In what the Wall Street Journal calls "a watershed moment for government intervention in the private sector," the Federal Reserve announced yesterday it will regulate executive compensation at all banks so that they will not have incentives to take on too much risk. The term "pretence of knowledge" comes to mind.
Obama Orders Executive Pay Cuts at Bailed-Out Banks
Posted in In brief on 22 October 2009
Stats: 40 views and No Comments "The Obama administration slammed Wall Street by ordering pay cuts of an average of 50 percent and caps on benefits for top executives at companies owing the government billions of dollars from taxpayer-funded bailouts." (Bloomberg, Thursday) We should want the people mad enough to demand no more bailouts. FEE Timely Classic "Bailing Out ...
Posted in In brief on 22 October 2009
Stats: 40 views and No Comments "The Obama administration slammed Wall Street by ordering pay cuts of an average of 50 percent and caps on benefits for top executives at companies owing the government billions of dollars from taxpayer-funded bailouts." (Bloomberg, Thursday) We should want the people mad enough to demand no more bailouts. FEE Timely Classic "Bailing Out ...
Senate Stops Rise in Medicare Reimbursements
Posted in In brief on 22 October 2009
Stats: 22 views and No Comments "With budget anxieties pervading the congressional healthcare debate, the Senate on Wednesday sidetracked popular legislation that would have increased Medicare payments to doctors by nearly $250 billion over the next decade." (Los Angeles Times, Thursday) Why does government set prices? FEE Timely Classic "Rights Versus Entitlements" by Steven Yates
Posted in In brief on 22 October 2009
Stats: 22 views and No Comments "With budget anxieties pervading the congressional healthcare debate, the Senate on Wednesday sidetracked popular legislation that would have increased Medicare payments to doctors by nearly $250 billion over the next decade." (Los Angeles Times, Thursday) Why does government set prices? FEE Timely Classic "Rights Versus Entitlements" by Steven Yates
