Battle4Liberty

There are two spins you're guaranteed to hear from the left every election, and this year is no exception. They sound plausible to the casual voter, but can be rejected easily with some critical thinking. ....

Juan Williams has been my favorite liberal for some time. I usually disagree with him, but he's intellectually honest, passionate, well-informed, and demonstrates genuine good will and common decency. Williams was finally bitten by the political correctness he hesitated to confront while ....

Everywhere I turn I hear more calls for "action" and "leadership" to "get the economy back on track." I recently addressed the folly of desperate stimulus spending. Now I'm hearing demands for even more intervention ....

The most interesting souvenir I picked up while in Beijing last month was a t-shirt. It only cost me about $3, but the underlying message is priceless. Mao souvenirs are common in China. One popular ....

There’s been some renewed talk about a one-world currency over the past few weeks. Ideally, there should be a single world currency—gold. National currencies would simply equate to a given quantity. If each dollar was ....

I just returned from a ten-day visit to Beijing, so I thought I’d share a few thoughts on the blog. It appears that the Chinese are weathering the economic slowdown fairly well. In the U.S., ....

President Obama has been talking business tax cuts as of late, prompting some Republicans to question why their similar proposals have been ignored. The summer recovery never materialized and the Democrats are sliding in the ....

I’ve been rereading F.A. Hayek’s The Road to Serfdom lately. I count Hayek as one of the most brilliant economists of the last century. If you haven’t read the book, I highly recommend it. If ....

Henry Hazlitt's Economics in One Lesson is one of the best primers in the discipline. The test of any work in economics is the test of time, and Hazlitt passes with flying colors. The latest ....

Ed Whitacre surprised the business world on Thursday when he announced that he would step down as GM's CEO on September 1 and as Chairman of the Board at the end of the year. Whitacre ....