I’ve often been reminded that you can easily figure out what you really want by examining the choices you tend to make. In economics class, this was called “revealed preferences.” There has been a lot of discussion recently about what some Americans are revealing by moving between states. Politicians ought to...
Dear Virginia Voters, Your vote in the Virginia governor’s race on November 5th means so much to Americans in the other 49 states. There is a widespread and growing national angst about our country, a sense that something is very wrong. It is a feeling that our country is being taken over...
For many throughout world history and today, the idea of a holiday celebrating work would be at least bizarre. Hard workers the world over, slaves in anti-bellum America and in other countries, medieval serfs in feudal Europe, powerless peasants coerced to work in collective farms and factories under communism, and...
The fiscal cliff deal in America involves higher taxes, and virtually no spending cuts. Lower income Americans are less financially able to start their own enterprises, and need to find jobs in stable, established businesses, small or large.As the Democrat-led explosion of growth in federal government regulation, taxation and power occurred...
Yesterday, the day before Election Day 2012, after completing my last “knock on door and distribute literature” assignment as part of the Mighty Texas Strike Force, I drove from the Cleveland suburbs into the city, to the Cuyahoga County Board of Elections building. This election location was open for Early...