FreedomTalks

Personally…I’m more of a bluegrass guy, but this was entertaining and informative. From Juris Naturalist via Mankiw’s blog.

Our friend Ramesh Ponnuru from National Review puts forward an interesting proposition in Time magazine. Republican proposals on health care policy are radical. He elaborates that Democrats are incremental in their approach to buttress a failing status quo with additional governmental support programs.
Ponnuru explains that the GOP is trying to move away from [...]

Manuel F. Ayau writes about Guatemala’s upcoming election today.  Twice in one essay Ayau explains a central idea of public choice economics.  First he writes,
“Even though voters go to the polls every four or five years with hopes raised that an honest, capable person will come to power and preside over a more just society, [...]

The following is a direct quote from the health care plan on Hillary Clinton’s candidate website.  See the bottom of page five.

“Americans with multiple chronic diseases - including heart disease and diabetes - account for 75 percent of our total national health expenditures and are the leading causes of death in [...]

There is quite a political dust-up in Washington over a spectrum proposal in front of the Federal Communications Commission.  I’m sure the name was market-tested – Frontline – to generate political support.  The gist of the idea is to reserve valuable waterfront property, in this case a band of the 700 [...]

Shikha Dalmia has an excellent essay from The Wall Street Journal on hypocricy within the environmental movement and the historical distinction between conservationists and preservationists. Dalmia works with our friends over at Reason.
Key lines: “If their opposition to the Klamath hydroelectric dams in the Pacific Northwest is any indication, the greens, it appears, are [...]

Is it just me…or are all of these questions about “difficult situations” reminiscent of the “gotcha moment” when a debate host gave Mike Dukakis the opportunity to drop the ball on a capital punishment question?

I am quite sure…yes let’s go to the tape:
Chris Wallace rang a large bell in support of the Flat Tax. Yep. Roll tape. Brownback mentioned the phrase and everyone got excited…
Well…I got excited.

See here.

But it is oddly delayed…I guess he is looking for a second day story tomorrow. MMMMMMmmmm? He says that he’ll name names. My guess…they start with Gu, McC, and Rom.