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Stimulus Job Creation = Bigger Government

On Friday, in the name of holy transparency, the White House released the list of jobs created or saved with the stimulus funds. Now, let’s assume that the government can create jobs even though it can’t. Let’s assume that “job

Rand-O-Rama: The Long Shelf Life of Ayn Rand's legacy

Few authors have ever achieved the popularity that the novelist and essayist Ayn Rand (1905-1982) did. With the publication of The Fountainhead in 1943 and Atlas Shrugged in 1958, Rand became a full-blown cultural phenomenon, selling millions of books and

Pelosi Health Care Bill: The Worst Bill Ever

From Wall Street Journal: Speaker Nancy Pelosi has reportedly told fellow Democrats that she’s prepared to lose seats in 2010 if that’s what it takes to pass ObamaCare, and little wonder. The health bill she unwrapped last Thursday, which President

The Long, Dark Tea-Time of the GOP's Soul

The withdrawal of Dede Scozzafava from the special election for Congress in upstate New York has predictably set off another wave of media-led hand-wringing about the health of the GOP. (See here and here, for example.) These stories are like

Monday Open Thread: Sam Adams Edition

Today, in 1772, Samuel Adams and Dr. Joseph Warren formed the first permanent “Committee of Correspondence,” which eventually provided a mechanism for the 13 colonies to share and dissemination information in their struggles against the monarchy.