I wrote my first book in about fifteen months. I have been working on my second book for nearly two years, and the process has been both frustrating and illuminating. The frustrating part has been the slow progress. While I have done a tremendous amount of research, I also did a lot of research for…
This was originally posted on PoodleRose on August 30, 2013. Comments have not been migrated. Rational parents want what is best for their children. Such parents recognize that their primary responsibility is to raise their children to be independent, rational adults. A significant part of this responsibility is to provide the child with the necessary…
This was originally posted on PoodleRose on August 28, 2013. Comments have not been migrated. For decades, politicians have promised us a variety of clean, cheap energy sources. Darren Goode details a few of this on Politico. From cellulosic ethanol to nuclear power, past promises have fallen short. But Goode doesn’t really tell us why…
This was originally posted on PoodleRose on August 26, 2013. Comments have not been migrated. At the Teen Choice Awards, actor Ashton Kutcher recently said: I believe that opportunity looks a lot like hard work. I’ve never had a job in my life that I was better than. I was always just lucky to have…
This was originally posted on PoodleRose on August 21, 2013. Comments have not been migrated. Representatives from twelve countries will meet later this week to negotiate a trade agreement as a part of the Trans-Pacific Partnership. Many of the countries involved want increased access to markets in other participating nations. For example, Americans want to…
This was originally posted on PoodleRose on August 12, 2013. Comments have not been migrated. Discrimination, we are often told, is a bad thing. Indeed, there are many laws on the books, at every level of government, that prohibit individuals from discriminating on the basis of race, gender, religion, and much more. Like many words,…
This was originally posted on PoodleRose on August 7, 2013. Comments have not been migrated. You might think that all it takes to start a business is a good idea and the necessary capital. And you would be wrong. The Cato Institute informs us that, in some states, you also have to have the permission…
This was originally posted on PoodleRose on August 7, 2013. Comments have not been migrated. This month, the website for the Foundation for Economic Education is hosting a debate over whether advocates of liberty should abandon the term “capitalism.” The argument for abandoning the term essentially comes down to: “‘capitalism’ carries a lot of baggage—much…
This was originally posted on PoodleRose on August 6, 2013. Comments have not been migrated. An editorial in the Chicago Sun-Times decries a proposal to cut food stamps, stating, It’s easy to attack the idea of people living off food stamps when they could get a job instead. But it’s not that simple. It is…
This was originally posted on PoodleRose on August 5, 2013. Comments have not been migrated. For years, the Obama Administration has been touting the “green” jobs that it will create through your tax dollars. But recent testimony by the acting commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics–John Galvin–reveals that we’ve had millions of “green” jobs…
This was originally posted on PoodleRose on August 2, 2013. Comments have not been migrated. An investigation by The Center for Investigative Reporting and CNN found that many clinics in California are grossly over billing the government under the Medicaid program, and promptly receiving payments for fictitious patients. As one example, investigators counted 30 patients…