A lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of President Barack Obama’s health care law has arrived at the steps of the U.S. Supreme Court. This terrible, costly law is not only bad policy — utterly failing to deliver on its promises of reducing health-care costs — it adds insult to injury by overstepping its boundaries and entirely […]
But please allow me to preempt the upcoming election season by stating emphatically and pointedly what I’m against — any bill, proposal or candidate that advocates raising our taxes. I’m sorry, but I’m at the point where there no longer exists an argument that can possibly sway my thinking as to how society as a […]
Since late 2008, the Great Depression has made a big comeback in discussions over the economy and public policy. Unfortunately, the lessons that politicians and pundits say we’re supposed to learn often turn out to be dead wrong. But that’s not surprising. Perhaps no other period in U.S. history is so riddled with errors and […]
I know I pick on our government all too much. I know this for two reasons. First off, because many people tell me I do. And I guess that’s good and bad, as some tend to agree with what I have to say, but others tend to think I say it all too much. But […]
Listening to Barack Obama’s recent speech on the economy in a policy vacuum, you could get the idea the president is pretty reasonable on the issue of regulation. As is the case so often in the political world, rhetoric doesn’t match reality. Obama said, “I agree that there are some rules and regulations that do […]
The NFL season kicked off right after President Barack Obama’s jobs speech came to a close. As a free-market, supply side economist, I’m no fan of Obama’s policy agenda. As a Minnesota Vikings fan, I’m not too crazy about the New Orleans Saints, who beat the Vikings in the NFC championship game in 2010 and […]
American small business owners didn’t have high hopes that President Barack Obama would remove the obstacles preventing them from creating jobs, so they weren’t terribly surprised when he rolled out his lackluster American Jobs Act before a joint session of Congress. The nation’s job creators learned long ago the president’s warm words for Main Street […]
I remember the day so clearly. I had just returned from a buddy golf trip to Seattle, and Nikki confirmed what we suspected before I left. While we were driving to a friend’s house to catch the Monday night football game after picking me up at Walker Field, Nikki told to me we were going […]
Even a casual reading of the stories in this issue of the Business Times reveals a theme: Government regulations hinder business and, in turn, economic recovery. A story on page 3 details the results of a study conducted for the Western Energy Alliance, a Denver-based trade association of more than 400 companies involved in energy […]
Actor Alan Alda once offered a memorable observation of human behavior. In a commence address at Connecticut College, where his daughter was graduating, Alda said: “Deep in our hearts we know the best things said come last. People will talk for hours saying nothing much and then linger at the door with words that come […]