I am a Constitutional scholar like our President, and I’ve been asked by quite a few people what I think of the Supreme Court’s decision on Obamacare. I think three things: 1. It is scary to think that a right of personal choice can be taken away from 315 million people by 535 persons in […]
Month: June 2012
Open Borders and Multiculturalism
There is a raging debate over open borders and its twin, multiculturalism. Devout libertarians love open borders (see for example my favorite economist over at Cafe Hayek). Professional politicians and some big-industry types love open borders (see for example this UK article). For libertarians the argument revolves around “freedom”–but only the freedoms of certain people. […]
Most professional politicians love to say they are for helping the poor, yet so many of their programs create more poor people. Why do you think that is? I do NOT think the proven ignorance of professional politicians is the cause of their damaging programs. Rather it is clear that the root cause of those […]
The Ten “Cannots”
I just discovered this Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=313217598722222 It tells ten things you cannot succeed at by doing things that affect an opposite. For example: #7 “You cannot further the brotherhood of man by inciting class hatred.” Read the whole list…. Now some people will disagree with virtually everything on the list. My question is this: How […]