Confusion over the continuing impact of the federal government’s “bailouts for everyone but taxpayers” program continues. Tyler Cowen over at Marginal Revolution pontificates:
In my view the real bailout is the existence of the FDIC which, like it or not, is not a commitment we cannot walk away from.  Had nothing been done, the required FDIC [...]

For the last several weeks, I’ve been digesting the audio version of Thomas L. Friedman’s Hot, Flat and Crowded. My commute is 130 miles round trip so I get a lot of audio books.
Friedman’s postulate that we need to focus on more green energy is dead on track. I completely disagree with his methodology. I [...]

All areas of health care that are regulated are experiencing huge price increases. Areas that are not regulated, like LASIK surgery (which I had in 1999), are experiencing price drops.
According to the federal government’s Bureau of Labor Statistics the cost of the Lasik procedure has dropped from $2,106 in 1999 to $1,626 in 2004! The [...]

What should you expect for violations of the mighty bureaucratic pen in the America of 2008? Something like this story of a dedicated and productive citizen who was eaten by the behemoth monster every gun owner should be wary of.
Guardsman guilt of illegally transferring ‘machine gun’ after firearm malfunctions
A drill instructor in the National [...]

[amazonify]0446537519:right[/amazonify]Ron Paul, the guy I’m going to write in for President later this year, has a new book out.
Here’s an excerpt from his mailing list announcement which I received today.
These principles - individual liberty, sound money, the Constitution, and the foreign policy of the Founding Fathers - have had no home in American politics for [...]