If you thought the big fight over health care reform was last year with the passage of the Affordable Care Act (the “ACA”), or in the courts over its constitutionality, then think again. Something every bit as big and as important is coming, yet. Don’t get me wrong. The passage of the ACA was a serious […]
A false dilemma: Support a Dictator, or Support Oppressed People…How about instead support the “Constitution, limited government, limited executive power to kill people, [and] limited executive power to put our armed forces at risk…”
June 27, 2011 by
When in doubt of winning a debate, re-frame it as a false dilemma. In other words, make it impossible for people to choose anything but your side. Never mind if it means ignoring the Constitution or killing people, just to start. It takes a lot of restraint to put things in their fair perspective. Evidently, Secretary Clinton does […]
Do you really need all that education?
June 24, 2011 by
And now for something completely different, let’s ask ourselves the question: DO YOU REALLY NEED ALL THAT EDUCATION? Arnold Kling doesn’t necessarily think so. Rather, education just separates the “wheat from the chaff. ” There’s a great debate going on between a some economists over at Econlog.com. Their question? Does more education endows more benefit, or is […]
Mexico files brief against Utah…federalism at issue?
June 8, 2011 by
Immigration is one of those issues that never seems to go away. While almost every policy can be debated, either passionately or with blithe calm, immigration seems to evoke a passionate and even angry response from people who are, otherwise, level-headed and even-tempered.
Liberals cruising Easy St. in higher ed.
June 2, 2011 by
I’ve heard it asked about the ’60s: where did all the hippies go? To the universities, that’s where. If you can’t change the world in protests (or by blowing up a government building), go into education and change it slowly instead, teaching the young and impressionable. Oh, and pull down a nice salary at the […]
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