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Analysis and Commentary

A Devolving, Depressing, and Debased Debate

by Victor Davis Hansonvia Works and Days
Sunday, September 20, 2009

Barack Obama is charismatic...

Analysis and Commentary

Obama's Bait and Switch

by David R. Hendersonvia EconLog
Saturday, September 19, 2009

In the spring of this year, President Obama argued that one reason for health care reform was to get long-term spending on government health care under control...

Analysis and Commentary

Health Care and an Educated Citizenry

by Chester E. Finn Jr.via National Review
Thursday, September 17, 2009

What kind of education would one need to make sense of the current health-care debate?...

In the News

When Stimulus Is No Stimulus

with John F. Cogan, John B. Taylorvia Cato Institute
Thursday, September 17, 2009

The Obama administration has been touting its wasteful “stimulus” package as the answer to the recession...

In the News

New Missile Shield Strategy Scales Back Reagan’s Vision

with William J. Perryvia New York Times
Thursday, September 17, 2009

The new plan that President Obama laid out for a missile shield against Iran on Thursday turns Ronald Reagan’s vision of a Star Wars system on its head: Rather than focusing first on protecting the continental United States, it shifts the immediate effort to defending Europe and the Middle East...

Interviews

Did the Stimulus Work?

with John B. Taylorvia CNBC
Thursday, September 17, 2009

Discussing household net worth turned positive for the first time in two years, with John Taylor, Stanford University economics professor and CNBC's Steve Liesman...

Analysis and Commentary

The Stimulus Didn't Work

by John F. Cogan, John B. Taylor with Robert J. Barrovia Wall Street Journal
Thursday, September 17, 2009

Is the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 working?...

Interviews

Stanford doctor critiques Democrats' health reform proposals

with Scott W. Atlasvia Contra Costa Times
Thursday, September 17, 2009

To broaden the health care reform debate, Bay Area News Group has run a series of Q&As in recent weeks with East Bay congressional representatives, all of whom are Democrats...

Analysis and Commentary

Obama won't stay the course in Afghanistan -- then what?

by Kori Schakevia Foreign Policy
Wednesday, September 16, 2009

Skepticism grows in President Obama's party about his presumed endorsement of General Stanley McChrystal's assessment of the strategy and resources required to succeed in Afghanistan...

Analysis and Commentary

Economics of Mandated Health Insurance

by David R. Hendersonvia EconLog
Wednesday, September 16, 2009

Today's Wall Street Journal contains an interesting front-page news story about mandated health insurance, focusing on the case of Massachusetts...

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