Monthly Archives: June 2012

The trouble with Obamacare

Onkar Ghate discusses how the Obamacare decision shows America doesn’t know what freedom is any longer.
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Bob Diamond should take his bonus and sack his traders

This trend for senior executives of scandalised firms to waive their bonuses is not a healthy development. It says to the mob that if you screech loud enough the rich will eat themselves. The targets of bullying and violent threats are sanctioning and legitimizing those threats. Hearing an aggressive tone they immediately hand over...
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The great myth of urban Britain – BBC

The case for single-issue activism – Whig @ ASI

A little item on BBC Four shows communicating with the left is a waste of time

On Saturday I listened to a BBC Radio Four show called “From Our Own Correspondent”. In one item a BBC lady in Sweden talked about the Swedish Welfare State. As the lady said, the British government is interested in the Swedish Welfare State. What the British government is interested in is choice in providers (health...
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Body and Soul: why the Left and Right talk past each other

The essence of right and left goes something like this: a Democrat might declare that since salt is essential to everyone’s meals, let’s give free salt. The Republican will come back with — oh and I suppose you want to give free pepper too and ketchup and mayo and pickles and why not just...
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Tax avoidance isn’t immoral – Longrider

A generic piece on overcrowding on trains – Patrick Crozier

Authur Laffer on the Laffer Curve

a few of the advances that powered this extraordinary century Time I remember once passing a stall manned by socialists and surrounded by a small huddle of voters. I had a few seconds, but only a few seconds, to express my distaste before getting back to paid work. I listened for a...
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