The Unbroken Window

Is to never become an AP Economics writer. I have never read more bunk from one source on my entire life. In yet another article riddled with unfounded assertions, errors and outright ignorance, this AP writer thinks she is the second coming of Upton Sinclair. You cannot blame her for trying to make a story […]

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“The greatest tyranny has the smallest beginnings. From precedents overlooked, from remonstrances despised, from grievances treated with ridicule, from powerless men oppressed with impunity and overbrearing men tolerated with complacence, springs the tyrannical usage which generations of wise and good men may hereafter perceive and lament and resist in vain.”
- London Times editorial (1846)
Massachusetts […]

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Now the government is really showing its teeth. In this USA Today report we learn that the metal inside a nickel is worth about 7 cents, while the metal insidea penny is worth about 1.12 cents. In response, you might expect consumers to collect these coins and melt them down and sell […]

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With Nancy Pelosi soon to lead the charge to increase the federal minimum wage to $7.25 an hour, let’s visit a short-bit of history from the minimum wage’s most ardent supporter - the activist group Acorn.
Founded by union organizer Wade Rathke in 1970, Acorn boasts an annual budget of some $40 million and operates everything […]

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