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The Currency War Heats Up
During the last debate, Mitt Romney emphatically stated he would blast China for manipulating its currency the first day he takes office. Talk about …
Laissez-Faire Today
Storm Economics in One Lesson
In a natural disaster like Hurricane Sandy, the only thing people should fear more than the storm is the government’s response. Let us count …
Swimming in the Jury Pool
As the old saying goes, no good deed goes unpunished. The chronicling of my courtroom rant against drug laws has prompted a few readers …
Government Targets the Breeders
It occurs to every kid of a certain age. Let’s say the kid has a hamster, and then two, and they make babies. New …
A Total Dedication to Sponges
I was strolling along the wharf in Bodrum, Turkey, and I was intrigued to see some natural sea sponges on a table with a …
Can Jury Slaves Say What’s True?
Until last week, I had managed all of my adult life to avoid jury duty. As a young adult in Topeka, Kan., I was …
Kids: Smarter Than Adults
It’s happened yet again: I found another movie presumably made for kids that easily beats many of this season’s predictable box-office yawners. The movie …
Is it Cronyism to Ride the Boom?
After the bust of 2008, well-connected corporations and banks lobbied for and received many billions in bailouts from the government. The public was outraged. …
You Will Be Betrayed
My neighborhood is filling up with political yard signs. Vote for this guy! Vote for that guy! I can’t understand why people are willing …
Is It Evil to Be Rich?
FRANKLIN Delano Roosevelt famously used the term “forgotten man” in a 1932 speech to describe those at the bottom of the economic pyramid whom, …