Scorched Earth

A recent NY Times report discussed the “diaspora” of people from blue states to red states. The Times seems to welcome this movement, since, at least according to its analysis, those relocaters are keeping their blue-state voting habits and thus are...

Arrogant Ignorance

There was a video (now deleted) making the rounds of a CNN reporter demonstrating his ignorance regarding firearms, specifically, what an “automatic weapon” is. During a discussion about the Ferguson riots, reporter Don Lemon confused semi-automatic...

Rich People – The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

CEO compensation is a favorite bugbear among the class warriors, especially within the context of overall income disparity. I’ve seen people, with utter sincerity and great earnestness, propose capping CEO compensation to some multiple of the lowest paid...

Occupational Licensing

• In Washington State, someone who wishes to braid hair for a living needs a cosmetology license. This license requires 1600 hours of education, not one hour of which involves braiding. This training requirement exceeds that required for emergency medical technicians...

The Perils of False Conflation

The first sentence of Chapter 1 of Thomas Paine’s “Common Sense” reads: Some writers have so confounded society with government, as to leave little or no distinction between them. It’s astounding to consider that, 238 years later, it remains...