“They abort their young children; they put their young men in jail, because they never learned to pick cotton.  And I’ve often wondered, are they better off as slaves, picking cotton and having a family life and doing things, or are they better off under government subsidy?  They didn’t get no more freedom.  They […]

              I had to laugh at the headline in last week’s New York Times’ business section that read, “Health Care Spending’s Recent Surge Stirs Unease.”  The article describes the concern among independent observers regarding the ultimate impact that the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) will have on health care costs.  It may turn out, claim the […]

              Peter Sagal is a funny guy.  He has established that fact over the years as the host of National Public Radio’s weekly nationwide broadcast of “Wait Wait . . . Don’t Tell Me.”  The show has garnered many devoted fans, with a sizeable number in evidence when he addressed a packed house at the Mondavi […]

              Much is made of the science of economics by folks who spend their whole lives in serious study of the vagaries of local economies.  Basic “laws” that would be called theories in the real world of scientific study are promoted as if they are absolutes.  The “law” of supply and demand, for example, is […]