Do You Care More than Paul Krugman Cares?

At a conference at the Vatican I attended some years ago, Nobel laureate Gary Becker gave the opening speech. I found what he said quite remarkable: The greatest beneficiaries of capitalism are those at the bottom of the income ladder. That’s why I favor capitalism. Were that not the case, I would not be in […]

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Allen Johnson, Christians for the Mountains

Allen Johnson is founder and leader of Christians for the Mountains. This group is devoted to fighting mountain top removal mining in West Virginia and adjacent areas. Christians for the Mountains helps the people and environment that suffer from this destructive but politically powerful abuse.  I’ve known and worked with Allen for several years and […]

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 The $4 Solution

The $4 Solution

I saw Dave in my medical office last week. He is a pretty typical 46 year old American. He was laid off and now makes a little money with odd jobs. He has no health insurance and doesn’t qualify for the various government health programs. Also typically, he has high blood pressure, high cholesterol and […]

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 What’s Going On?

What’s Going On?

Progressives: “What’s Going On?” and “Who is John Galt?” Brian Kahn’s defense of progressives is the feature of this week’s FREE Insights. Brian is a graduate of UC Berkeley and Berkeley’s law school. Like Theodore Roosevelt, Brian was a boxer in college and an enthusiastic outdoorsman. He has hosted his radio show “Home Ground” since […]

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 Free the American West

Free the American West

Like much else in government, U.S. public land policy is a vestige of the past, established in 1910 when America’s population was just 92.2 million and a Western state such as Nevada had only 81,000 residents. Today our needs are much different and much greater. The United States can no longer afford to keep tens […]

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