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Here is my second column published in my university’s newspaper.
Last week, my economics class discussed price gouging. Apparently, some gas station owners are being prosecuted for raising gasoline prices before and after Hurricane Katrina.
As we all know, Katrina left thousands homeless and generally devastated the south. Thank God that the government came to the rescue- [...]

In this recent article, Rich Lowry discusses the role of capitalism in the lives of children and the poor throughout the world.
Apparently, the booming global economy is raising the standard of living throughout the world. Who would’ve guessed?
In a worldwide instance of trickle-down economics, the growth is diminishing the ranks of the poor. According to [...]

In response to one of my last posts, a Dr. Charles Clark said:
First I want to say: Universal Health Care is a right and it is feasible.
As you say: put the tax dollars in a pot and distribute it to care for the sick. We are putting money in the pot, but it is not [...]

Absolutely priceless.

School is in its third week and I’m again writing for my university’s newspaper. I think that I will also blog my columns here for you all to enjoy.

Universal Healthcare: turn your head to the left and cough
Is it 2009 yet? I’m already sick of presidential politics.
I wish Hillary, Rudy and Mitt would just leave [...]

It seems that America’s governors in a tizzy over global warming, and they’re planning to institute every harebrained scheme to help stop it. These Wile E. Coyotes of American politics are desperately laying down blankets of oppressive energy regulations to catch up to the global warming menace, their proverbial Road runner.
Unfortunately, nearly every single scheme [...]

Here in South Dakota, folks don’t like government intervention in their lives. That is, unless we’re discussing farm subsidies. People out here go crazy over this free cash from Uncle Sam, and any assertion against it is booed.
In an article for RealClearPolitics, Robert Samuelson discusses the history of federal farm subsidies, and the massive [...]

In a recent interview with John Stossel, Michael Moore continues his tirade against free market solutions to the healthcare dilemma.
Moore was asked if the Cuban government shuttled the portly filmmaker and his crew around the island. Of course, he insisted that the healthcare his party received was the same received by each Cuban citizen.
“They [...]

Remember waaaay back in high school economics, when you learned what a market economy is?

Market Economy- an economy that allocates resources through the decentralized decisions of many firms and households as they interact in markets for goods and services (Chapter 1, Principles of Microeconomics, N. Gregory Mankiw)
Well, it seems that Congressional Democrats might benefit from [...]

After arriving back in Iowa, I had about a week’s respite from the presidential candidates.
This morning, in fact, I watched the Democratic Debate at Drake University in Des Moines.
I learned so many new things- first, that George Stephanopoulos could give John Edwards a run for his money in the “hair” category. Second, that Joe [...]