The United States Supreme Court has issued a ruling in the little-known but important case of Bond v. U. S. The facts are as follows: One Carol Bond discovered that her husband was having an affair with Carol’s best friend. She decided the best way to respond was to spread a poisoned chemical on surfaces […]
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Kill the Beast! Kill It!
29 May 2014
I keep reading more accounts of the Veterans Affairs hospital scandals and the proposed solutions, and I am about to tear my hair out (sorry, no “trigger warning” there for the violence). One commentator has suggested the the VA hospital system be abolished and veterans be given vouchers to “regular” hospitals. That is a very […]
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First Lady Food Frenzy
27 May 2014
The First Lady Michelle Obama is at it again. Reacting to her critics she has reiterated the necessity of food regulations for school lunch programs. Many schools and districts have complained about the rules, arguing that they are restrictive. Economists and policy analysts have also criticized the rules, designed to limit fat, calorie, sugar and […]
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Inequality, CEO Compensation and Thomas Piketty
27 May 2014
What do the three phrases in the title of this blog have in common? This is not a trick question, although some may be tricked by the rhetoric that has come from these. OK, you have had enough time to think about it. The answer is: Inequality is the “new” social justice term, median CEO […]
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Progressivism Come to Fruition
25 May 2014
President Obama, in a speech at a fundraiser this week, made the comment that ““Obviously, the nature of the Senate means that California has the same number of Senate seats as Wyoming. That puts us at a disadvantage,” (Read more: http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/may/23/obama-blames-structural-design-congress-gridlock/#ixzz32diVrnJV). Now he may have meant it simply as a fact that Democrats must deal with, but I am a […]
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It looks like Bryan College is in the news again, this time in an article of May 20 in the New York Times. Congratulations Bryan. You now have equaled Cedarville University for the number of times you have been in the “Gray Lady.” But to the serious issues raised. Again, the hubub centers on the […]
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When Will We Learn? What the VA Can Teach Us.
20 May 2014
In light of the most recent apparent scandal (which really isn’t a scandal as I will show) involving the Department of Veterans Affairs, we are once again reminded forcefully of the perils not only of the expansion of the scope of government but also of the organization of government services through bureaucratic means. I said […]
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I am a bit torn as to what to write about today, there are so many interesting and important subjects. But I dedicate this day to all of the “sister” schools of Cedarville University, especially Bryan College in Tennessee. If they care to read I would also dedicate this blog (to modify a phrase used […]
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Don’t Forget History
08 May 2014
Amity Shlaes has written a fine piece in National Review Online on one particular aspect of the Great Depression having to do with minimum wages (NRO, May 7, 2014). As she points out, recent research has changed the way we evaluate that event in economic history. In case you don’t remember, the dominant narrative had been that […]
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She Didn’t Make the Grade
05 May 2014
Another commencement speaker bit the dust, as Condoleesa Rice, former Secretary of State, withdrew from her appointment to speak at Rutgers University, the New Jersey flagship institution of higher (or lower) education, due to the vocal and aggressive protests by a handful of faculty and students. Now let me say that I was not in […]
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