Homines libenter quod volunt credunt
Posted in Taxation, Welfare State on Nov 9th, 2009
Remember this when the President “sells” his health care bill to the rest of you: Children’s advocates say it’s not the idea of co-pays that’s the problem. Instead, they say, it’s the state policy that lets counties set the rates and allows too high of a ceiling for the rates, that is the root of […]
Posted in Politics on Nov 9th, 2009
One of Bangladesh’s most vulnerable citizens, Mrs. Begum has lost faith in the media and politicians. “So many people like you have come and interviewed us. I have not seen any improvement in our conditions,” she said. Read the story here.
Posted in Classical Liberalism on Nov 9th, 2009
The beatnicks had Woodstock and the anti-war marches. Today’s teens have the election of the first African-American President. For some it is the moon-shot. For others, the end of World War II. Perhaps some generations do not have a moment etched in their memory and their soul. Most things do not move me much. But […]
Posted in You Can't Have it Both Ways on Nov 9th, 2009
I’ve been thinking a lot lately about the underlying reasons why folks seem to think of jobs as good things. Do folks simply draw the consequentialist line so starkly that they know they want to consume things, and that having a job is the way to make this happen, and therefore jobs are good? Jobs […]
