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Before and After Welfare Handouts May. 09, 2018
Before the massive growth of our welfare state, private charity was the sole option for an individua... Read More
A Special Kind of Giving Dec. 22, 2017
Several years ago, we had a problem with a merchant. We declined to pay a disputed bill and got a ca... Read More
The Poor Are Not Poor Because the Rich Are Rich Nov. 15, 2017
A new study released by the left-leaning Institute for Policy Studies in Washington, D.C., headlines... Read More
Are My Socks Gay? Oct. 23, 2017
I was sitting on the edge of the bed this morning, on my wife's flowered bedspread, happily pulling ... Read More
Making an Afghan with No Pattern Aug. 28, 2017
One of my aunts and my grandmother both made beautiful afghans, those cozy, crocheted lap-warmers th... Read More
Hillbilly Huntin' Jul. 17, 2017
Ever since Donald Trump won the presidency with the votes of people who have never been to a Whole F... Read More
Make America Great Again for $2.60 an Hour Jul. 03, 2017
I was at an event in a local restaurant, notebook in hand, doing my job as a reporter on a midsized ... Read More
CFPB Prepaid Card Rule Again Targets a Product Popular With the Masses Apr. 20, 2017
Whenever innovation produces a new technology or product that benefits the masses, government bureau... Read More
The Message From the Manger Dec. 23, 2016
Celebrating the birth of Jesus of Nazareth is a custom familiar to everyone raised in Western cultur... Read More
The Left's Vision Nov. 01, 2016
The political left keeps announcing, as if it is a new breakthrough discovery of theirs, that life i... Read More
The Left and the Masses Oct. 18, 2016
The greatest moral claim of the political left is that they are for the masses in general and the po... Read More
Economic Conspiracies Aug. 31, 2016
A general economic principle is that any law or regulation that restricts market entry tends to impo... Read More
Who Dies for America? Aug. 08, 2016
The young man on whose grave the nation dances had the last name Khan. Not Cohen. Not Cohan. Cohen i... Read More
Is Personal Responsibility Obsolete? Jun. 07, 2016
Among the many disturbing signs of our times are conservatives and libertarians of high intelligence... Read More
Congress Considers Taking Food out of the Mouths of Poor Kids Jun. 01, 2016
Taking a page from Missouri's former pro-hunger state legislator, Rep. Cynthia Davis of O'Fallon, Mi... Read More
Are We Having Funding Yet? Apr. 26, 2016
My girlfriend and I are both struggling artists in our early 20s. We have a lot of fun, and being p... Read More
The Brute Force of Government Spending on Autopilot Mar. 20, 2016
My car was towed from an area near a train station in San Francisco last month. I had parked in fron... Read More
Sheep Guts for Everyone! Mar. 10, 2016
One hundred years ago in Brooklyn, New York, you could argue our modern era began. In a squat that n... Read More
Powerball's Biggest Winner: Government Jan. 13, 2016
Ka-ching! Wednesday's Powerball jackpot soared to $1.5 billion as get-rich-quick mania seized Americ... Read More
Unappreciated Tax on the Poor Jan. 06, 2016
A few years ago, BET had a commentary titled "Where Are the Grocery Stores in Black Neighborhoods?" ... Read More
