The True Organizer of Victory

by Anita April 4, 2013

Posted by Anita Folsom Great Americans are often those who serve quietly, following a high code of conduct that is central to their inner being. Such a person was General George C. Marshall, Jr., who served for six years as Army Chief of Staff under Presidents Franklin Roosevelt and Harry Truman. Why was Marshall’s leadership so important? Because he guided the [...]

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A Strong Economy Can Mean a Strong Defense

by Burt April 2, 2013

In the last hundred years, the U.S. been least safe during the 1930s (with Hitler on the rampage) and the 1970s (with the fall of Vietnam and communism on the rampage). We have been most safe in the 1940s, right after WWII, for two reasons: The U.S. had a monopoly on the atomic bomb, and [...]

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Are Social Scientists Really Scientific?

by Anita March 28, 2013

Historians on the left side of the political spectrum often attack the idea that America is the land of opportunity.  If they agreed that the United States has given millions of people a chance to improve their lot and the lives of their children, these leftists would be endorsing capitalism and free markets, which they are loath to do. At the [...]

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I Paid My Income Tax Today

by Anita March 25, 2013

Posted by Anita Folsom “I paid my income tax today. I never felt so proud before, To be right there with the millions more Who paid their income tax today.”   (Song lyrics by Irving Berlin) Are you ready to sing those lyrics by the tax deadline on April 15? Probably not. This musical ditty was [...]

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If We Must Pay Taxes, What is the Least Bad Way To Do That?

by Burt March 21, 2013

Ben Franklin once observed that nothing is as certain as death and taxes. He might have added that nothing is as certain to put readers to sleep as a lengthy discussion of taxes. Thus, I have only a short discussion of taxes to keep people alert as we near the month of April, when taxes [...]

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Sarah Palin vs. Karl Rove

by Burt March 19, 2013

“The last thing we need is Washington, D.C. vetting our candidates,” said Sarah Palin at the recent CPAC gathering of the GOP faithful. She was challenging the idea–somewhat promoted by Karl Rove–that Republican party leaders need to vet major candidates more carefully. Palin has a point. The Republican hierarchy has tended over the years to [...]

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The Benefits of Market Entrepreneurs

by Anita March 14, 2013

Posted by Anita Folsom Market entrepreneurs are those who build their businesses with private funds, using either their own money or funds from investors. Market entrepreneurs succeed by giving the public useful goods or services at a good price. Political entrepreneurs, on the other hand, lobby government officials to award federal funds to their business enterprises. [...]

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Political Entrepreneurs vs. Market Entrepreneurs

by Anita March 13, 2013

Posted by Anita Folsom What is an entrepreneur? The dictionary says an entrepreneur is ”a person who organizes and operates a business or businesses, taking on financial risk to do so.”  What is a political entrepreneur?  A political entrepreneur uses government funds in business, which greatly reduces any financial risks to the “entrepreneur.” Not only do [...]

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The Case of the Flamboyant Filibuster

by Burt March 11, 2013

Senator Rand Paul’s flamboyant filibuster last week against President Obama’s drone policy brings back memories. The Constitution says nothing about what rules Congress should adopt. The Senate has had a long tradition of allowing a minority to debate at length and stall a vote on an important issue. Sadly, however, in the last century the [...]

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A Tribute to Andrew Jackson Higgins

by Anita March 7, 2013

Posted by Anita Folsom Seventy years ago this spring, in 1943, Andrew Higgins won a hard fought campaign against a stubborn adversary.  He wasn’t directly in combat with the Nazis or the Japanese.  In his struggle, he had been up against U.S. Navy bureaucracy. Andrew Higgins was a man’s man, hard talking, blunt, and incredibly knowledgeable [...]

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