Costs of college deliver important message - Thomas Sowell, Townhall.com Prices force people to economize. Subsidizing prices enables people to take more resources away from other uses without having to weigh the real cost. Without market prices that convey the real costs of resources denied to alternative users, people waste. […]

Filed under: Notes, Must Reads on May 1st, 2008 | No Comments »

Supreme Court gets it right on voter fraud - Investors Business DailyEveryone in the country should be pleased with the news. But, of course, not everyone is. It’s almost as if some are disturbed that the ruling will make it harder to commit voter fraud. […]

Filed under: Notes, Must Reads on April 28th, 2008 | No Comments »

Bill Ritter’s energy insecurity - John Harpole, ALineOfSight.comI was not trying to embarrass the Governor.  It was not meant to be a trick question.  Rather, it was a simple question that most politicians would shrug off with a predetermined in-the-can answer.

Filed under: Notes, Must Reads on April 16th, 2008 | No Comments »

Obama’s flaws multiply - John Fund, Wall Street JournalBarack Obama’s San Francisco-Democrat comment about how working class voters "cling to guns or religion" is already famous.  But his aides tell reporters that he is bewildered that anybody took offense.
Hey, Barack, it’s about freedom - Investors Business DailyYou wouldn’t know it from listening to Barach […]

Filed under: Notes, Must Reads on April 15th, 2008 | No Comments »

The real costs of ‘cap and trade’ - Don Nickles and Charles Stenholm, Investors Business DailyIf you think energy prices are high now, wait until Congress slaps a ‘cap and trade’ carbon tax on top of existing costs — and without any assurance that other all of this ’sacrifice’ will make a difference. […]

Filed under: Notes, Must Reads on April 14th, 2008 | No Comments »

Mandating health insurance is big mistake - Paul Hsieh, MD, Denver PostSen. Bob Hagedorn would force all Coloradans to purchase mandatory health insurance because it would be "immoral" to "sit on our hands and do nothing."  Massachusetts also requires all residents to purchase health insurance, but rather than creating high-quality affordable health care, the […]

Filed under: Notes, Must Reads on April 11th, 2008 | No Comments »

McCain and Mo Udall - Michael Lewis, Slate.comAn old anecdote about Mo Udall in the hospital reveals something noteworthy about John McCain’s character. […]

Filed under: Notes, Must Reads on April 9th, 2008 | No Comments »

Pentagon study links Saddam, al Qaeda - Stephen Hays, The Weekly StandardThis ought to be big news. Throughout the early and mid-1990s, Saddam Hussein actively supported an influential terrorist group headed by the man who is now al Qaeda’s second-in-command, according to an exhaustive study issued last week by the Pentagon. […]

Filed under: Notes, Must Reads on March 27th, 2008 | No Comments »

Hamas’ terrorist tactics not debatable - Investors Business DailyAfter your house has been burglarized, your family brutalized and crowds who hate you and religion cheer in the streets at your misfortune, would you take the advice of someone who said talking will solve all your problems? No, you would see that your choice is either […]

Filed under: Notes, Must Reads on March 7th, 2008 | No Comments »

Freedom means responsibility - George McGovern, Wall Street JournalYes, that George McGovern:  "Since leaving office, I’ve written about public policy from a new perspective: outside looking in.  I’ve come to realize that protecting freedom of choice in our everyday lives is essential to maintaining a healthy civil society."
Dems are dumping ‘paygo,’ hiking deficits - Wall […]

Filed under: Notes, Must Reads on March 6th, 2008 | No Comments »

Worshippers of Death - Alan Dershowitz, Wall Street JournalA basic premise of warfare — that combatants can easily be distinguished from noncombatants — has changed.  As more women and children are recruited by their mothers and religious leaders to become suicide bombers, more women and children will be shot at.  That too is part of […]

Filed under: Notes, Must Reads on February 25th, 2008 | No Comments »

Environmental controlsBy David Harsanyi, Denver PostIn the very near future, environmentally conscious Americans may have to ask themselves if individual and economic freedom matters. It’s similar to the rhetoric liberals accuse George Bush of abusing. If you don’t know what I mean, try substituting the word "terrorism" for "global warming."

Filed under: Notes, Must Reads on January 15th, 2008 | No Comments »

Saving Our Future Requires Tough Choices Today David Walker, Comptroller General of the United States The eye-opening, unvarnished truth about the fiscal condition of the United States government, directly from the Governmental Accountability Office.  (PDF file)
U.S. Comptroller says Medicare program endangers fiscal stabilityCBS News"What’s going on right now is we’re spending more money than we […]

Filed under: Notes, Must Reads on January 10th, 2008 | No Comments »

U.N. CLIMATE DISTRACTIONSSteven Milloy, JunkScience.comDon’t be distracted by the alarmist arm-waving and sideshows about the North Pole melting, polar bears drowning and the myriad other supposed catastrophes mentioned in the same breath as manmade CO2 emissions and global warming. There’s no evidence that manmade CO2 emissions have any created any environmental problem and certainly no […]

Filed under: Notes, Must Reads on November 26th, 2007 | No Comments »

Truth Laid BairdBy James Taranto, Opinion JournalOne Democrat Congressman who opposed the war in Iraq finds reason to keep our troops in place.  To him, it’s more important to do right than to be right.
Tragic ImplicationsBy Thomas SowellNobody names pothole repairs for anybody or puts any politician’s name on the rivets used to repair an […]

Filed under: Notes, Must Reads on August 20th, 2007 | No Comments »

Photo ops take priority over bridgesThomas SowellSome people claim that the problem is how much money it would take to properly maintain bridges, highways, dams and other infrastructure. But money is found for other things, including things far less urgent and some things that are even counterproductive.
Democrats don’t care about the poorAnn CoulterDemocrats don’t care […]

Filed under: Notes, Must Reads on August 1st, 2007 | No Comments »

If you’re an internet news junkie, I’d suggest you add these links to your daily surfing destinations:
VictoryCaucus.comIf you’re tired of getting your Iraq news from reporters who can’t seem to see past body counts, then you should check out VictoryCaucus.com.  Here you’ll find information from people on the ground and who see "the big picture."
WhatsNewsColorado.comThe […]

Filed under: Notes, Must Reads on July 30th, 2007 | No Comments »

Conservative’s shouldn’t give up global warming fightSteven MilloyIn the cover story of the June 25 National Review, software company CEO Jim Manzi wrote that conservatives should stop "denying" that humans are warming the planet.  Manzi says conservatives should believe in global warming, not because of "liberal scaremongering … but because of the underlying physics" — […]

Filed under: Notes, Must Reads on July 6th, 2007 | No Comments »

Was Osama Right?Bernard Lewis, Wall Street JournalIslamists always believed the U.S. was weak. Recent political trends won’t change their view.
Lack of money does not cause schools’ problemsRobert Hardaway, Rocky Mountain NewsExpenditures on public schools in the U.S. exceed those of any other country on earth. Since 1970, teacher salaries have exploded 18 percent in inflation-adjusted […]

Filed under: Notes, Must Reads on May 10th, 2007 | No Comments »

Even if Entering Iraq was a Mistake, Leaving would be WorseDennis PragerThe people we are fighting, including Osama bin Laden and all the variations on al Qaeda, know that the battle for Iraq is the battle for their future — that if they win in Iraq, they win all over the Middle East and beyond; […]

Filed under: Notes, Blog, Must Reads on April 26th, 2007 | No Comments »