crony capitalism
March 10th, 2016
Writer’s Note: National Review's Ramesh Ponnuru and Rich Lowry tackled the question, how do we attract Trump supporters. They present a thesis on how to promote Conservative Populism and sell it beyond the 2016 elections...
July 14th, 2015
The Donald has now entered center stage, and while he may be a fascinating personality, the one debate I would love to see is not The Donald debating the rest of the Republican field but The Donald debating The Donald.
May 7th, 2015
A friend of mine was invited to Omaha to part of the Berkshire Hathaway 50th anniversary celebration.
August 6th, 2014
To most Americans, the words "Export-Import Bank" don't mean very much. The DC insiders, cozy with international corporate interests putting taxpayers on the hook for hundreds of billions of dollars in subsidies, want to...
July 28th, 2014
The special Texas House committee appointed by Speaker Joe Straus to scrutinize Gov. Perry’s job-luring pots of money – chiefly the Texas Enterprise Fund – got down to work last Wednesday. In its first hearing, the House...
April 21st, 2014
With the success of Obama’s green energy policy, why not have another round of blood-letting for the American taxpayers. After all, in what is obvious crony capitalism and campaign donation payoffs, Obama figures if we haven...
September 17th, 2013
It is quite clear that the deceptively-named “Affordable Care Act” (aka Obamacare), was NOT supported by “We the People” when it was crammed down our throats three years ago so we could “see what’s in it”. Its popularity...
March 17th, 2013
Almost all politicians vastly improve their fortunes once they get into office. With 66 percent of the Senate as millionaires, and 41 percent of the House, I’d say politics pays better than bank robbery.Hillary Clinton, the...
February 13th, 2013
Tennessee Law Professor Glen Reynolds recently wrote an article attempting to answer the question of why Americans are losing confidence in their government and even fearing it as a threat to their freedom. A recent Pew...
July 31st, 2012
Solyndra, the poster child for the Obama Administration's misuse of taxpayer sponsored loans, is back in the news again. According to Bankruptcy Law Review, the firm announced their intention to seek United States...
October 15th, 2015
There is much discussion about Republicans rebelling against the “donor class” but the problem is that within the Republicans, the donor class themselves are not united on what they want.
June 26th, 2015
Today, what I want to address is the people versus the Washington Cartel. Restoring liberty in an age of cronyism. I want to start by thanking my friend Jim DeMint, who's a big part of the reason that all of us are talking...
September 15th, 2014
"It is not the critic who counts: not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred...
July 31st, 2014
Barack Obama will make green energy successful, no matter what it costs…the American taxpayer.Perhaps the WTO will bail us out, as this video suggests:
May 12th, 2014
Inequality exists for the simple reason that we are not created equal. There was a discussion in the movie In a League of Their Own between the manager and his star player in which the manger reminds his star player...
October 24th, 2013
I blogged a few days ago that the fundamental problem with Obamacare in its conception, not merely its implementation, and that is absolutely true. But I have to admit to some surprise at the utter ineptitude of its...
March 22nd, 2013
CPAC 2013 included some controversy, which resulted in the Breitbart.com team sponsoring a hastily organized session on Saturday afternoon that featured a panel of prominent thought leaders on the American Right who were “...
February 28th, 2013
If you want to see the problems of our economic woes, take a simple look at a recent vote in Cedar Rapids on allowing a casino. This is a battle royale of dueling casinos protecting their local monopoly against further...
September 14th, 2012
Friday’s House vote on the No More Solyndras Act is likely to be another reminder that Democrats are unapologetic about their failed investment in the now-bankrupt solar company:HOUSE TO VOTE ON NO MORE SOLYNDRAS ACT FRIDAY...
May 18th, 2012
Now that the “myths” of ethanol, solar and wind energy economically replacing plain ol’ petroleum (“rock oil”) have been “busted”, the far left environmentalists have a new scam. The boondoggle is farming algae, and then...