Central Falls, Rhode Island is declaring bankruptcy. There’s a lot of hand wringing and boohooing in the article. Horrible economy, Wake up call, years of economic distress! Oh the humanity. But buried down in the article, the copy editor let … Continue reading
Sorry UN, it isn’t. Nothing that requires someone else to do something is a right. A human right is something you have on a desert island, by yourself.
You get the paradise that is Detroit.
Kevin has more.
Don Boudreaux considers what it would be like if grocery stores were run like schools. Suppose that we were supplied with groceries in same way that we are supplied with K-12 education. Residents of each county would pay taxes on … Continue reading
Unlike Kevin, I don’t think we’re headed for a thunderdome future. People forget that we are not our government. The government meddles in things to a ruinous extent these day, but while we can get along just fine without it, … Continue reading
Madison kids will have to stay 20 minutes late every day to make up for teachers skipping school. Students in the Madison School District will have up to 20 minutes of additional classroom time each day starting Monday to make … Continue reading
CNBC reports: Handouts from the Government are one third of wages in the US. Government payouts—including Social Security, Medicare and unemployment insurance—make up more than a third of total wages and salaries of the U.S. population, a record figure that … Continue reading
…and why it doesn’t matter. You hear it all the time. The dedicated, underpaid teacher struggling to bring the light of knowledge to the young students thirsting for knowledge. It’s bullshit. I don’t care how dedicated or wonderful any individual … Continue reading
It’s interesting how the people who used to live in glorious worker’s paradises are socialism’s harshest critics.