The wellspring of freedom in our world comes from the Judeo-Christian belief that man is created in the image of God. If we are not, then there is no justification for one person to claim equality with those in a better position than she. And no reason for a person in authority to treat others…
Month: April 2014
The Mouth of Rove: The Marginalization of the WSJ
In the Lord of the Rings, the Mouth of Sauron was the ambassador and messenger of Sauron. As a Black Numenorean, the Mouth had given up his greatness to worship and serve Sauron. Likewise, the Wall Street Journal appears to be descending from once great heights to serve as the mouth of Karl Rove and other…
Cronyism & Comcast
Comcast is in the process of buying Time Warner Cable, a deal that will create the largest cable provider in the U.S. The FCC, of course, has to approve the deal. It is no surprise that Comcast and Time Warner Cable have done their best to grease the wheels for approval through political donations and…
Freedom Reigns: Still No Stopping the Texas Economy
Wendell Cox’s new report, 2013 Metropolitan Area Population Estimates, is the latest confirmation that Paul Krugman and other liberal critics of the Texas Model are wrong; Texas has far and away the most dynamic economy in the United States. For example: Late in the last decade, Dallas-Fort Worth passed Philadelphia to become the fourth largest metropolitan area….
Why Worry? The New York Times says ObamaCare is not a Problem
Turns out, per the New York Times, that Obamacare is really just federalism at work, another experiment in the laboratories of democracy, the states. Everybody can stop worrying now: The online insurance marketplace in Oregon is such a technological mess that residents have been signing up for health coverage by hand. In Texas, political opposition…