Socialists love to point to Sweden as a model of success for a centrally planned economy. They hate talking about Venezuela or North Korea, or the former Soviet Union. Still, Sweden stinks too. And here’s why. #1. Something about those Swedes… Once a Scandinavian socialist bragged to Milton Friedman about their low level of poverty…
Last Monday, during Fox 8 News morning show in Cleveland, Kristi Capel was discussing the previous night’s Academy Awards with her co-host. While describing a rather impressive performance by Lady Gaga, Kristi used the word “jigaboo” to describe Lady Gaga’s typical music. The internet was quickly in an uproar, because the word “jigaboo” is apparently a…
Uber frequently makes headlines as they fight protectionist bureaucrats around the world. The most recent bout has been with the French government ban on UberPop, the low cost service similar to UberX. Despite international aggression from governments, Uber growth has been unprecedented. Their success is all part of the new “sharing economy”, which should be a buzz word…
by Josh Guckert 1. “To permit every lawless capitalist, every law-defying corporation, to take any action, no matter how iniquitous, in the effort to secure an improper profit and to build up privilege, would be ruinous to the Republic and would mark the abandonment of the effort to secure in the industrial world the spirit…
“If you ever hear of a group forming up to stop X, put your money on X,” -Richard Nixon to Pat Buchanan, 1968 It would appear that billionaire neo-conservative Sheldon Adelson has a penchant for spending millions of dollars on losing causes. He recently stated that should Rand Paul come close to securing the 2016 Republican nomination,…
by Kenny Leon Craft beer has been battling the powers of St. Louis and Milwaukee for years now as made evident in a recent Super Bowl ad from Budweiser. The $9 million one minute ad mocked the craft beer craze and proudly proclaimed itself a “macro beer.” But it’s not beer “to be fussed over,”…
“A traffic jam is a collision between free enterprise and socialism. Free enterprise produces automobiles faster than socialism can build roads and road capacity.” – Andrew Galambos President Obama’s massive $4 trillion budget continues the cycle of big government and big spending. Part of that spending includes $478 billion in upgrades to infrastructure such as…
PayPal’s Peter Thiel was in the news back in 2008 for being the financial muscle behind the libertarian-minded “ocean colonies,” which are intended to be unregulated offshore experiments to combat the regulated markets of modern society. Remember that story? Yeah, I don’t, either. It seemed to not get the widespread coverage it arguably deserved, but…
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By Jonah Bennett The initiative to legalize marijuana in Alaska took effect on Tuesday, after it was first passed in November by a small margin of 53-47 percent. Users over 21 are now free to smoke marijuana, and cops are also free to hand out $100 dollar fines to people who decide to smoke in…