Category : Gov’t Incompetence
Big Government: What To Do With Lifetime Unelected Bureaucrats?
A USA Today headline read “Many Federal Employees More Likely to Die Than Be Fired.” It reported that federal employees were fired at the rate of...
How They Do It In California: A Fight For National Leadership
California’s November 15, 2019 lawsuit against EPA over its legal authority to impose higher automobile fuel efficiency standards than the rest of the nation is...
Commission on Presidential Debates: Insights Into a Rigged System
Does an October 11, 2019 press release from the Commission on Presidential Debates (“CPD”) announcing its 2020 debate schedule, and a recent court opinion, provide...
City Shuts Downs Preschoolers’ Farm Stand Citing Zoning Violations
by Guest Post
It’s like something out of The Onion: city manager shuts down preschool farm stand out of fear that, if allowed, “we could end up with...
I Was a Physician at a Federally Qualified Health Center. Here’s Why I No Longer Believe Government Health Care Can Work
by Guest Post
In my medical training, a fellow physician tried to convince me that my liberal leanings on health care were misguided. While I firmly believed that...
The Post Office Is on Pace for Its Worst Year since 2012 Default
by Guest Post
The United States Postal Service on Friday reported total revenue of just over $17 billion for the third quarter of fiscal year 2019. Total operating...
Epstein’s Suicide: Conspiracy or Incompetency?
As my colleague noted, Jeffrey Epstein “shockingly” died from suicide in jail and was discovered Saturday morning. The description of “shockingly” was incredibly tongue-in-cheek considering...
This ‘Endangered Species’ Case Finally Ended in Defeat for the Government
by Guest Post
Last week saw a major victory for property rights and an end to another Endangered Species Act horror story. The saga began in 2012 when the U.S....
Lysander Spooner: The Anarchist Who Single-Handedly Took on the US Post Office
by Guest Post
This is a story about a philosopher, entrepreneur, lawyer, economist, abolitionist, anarchist—the list goes on. As his obituary summarizes, “To destroy tyranny, root and branch,...
2020 Democratic Policies Would Send Taxpayers a $68 Trillion+ Bill
On Thursday, top Democratic candidates officially took the stage, prepared to fight for the Presidential Democratic nomination. The front-runner, former Vice President Joe Biden sparred...