If it walks like a lame duck  

What should Congress do before they head home for the holidays?

Lawson Bader November 17, 2014

In memory of Gordon Tullock

There are bigger things than politics.

Lawson Bader November 10, 2014

What to expect when you partner with the government

How free is Australia, really?

Lawson Bader November 3, 2014

Where in the world is Jonathan Gruber?

Politics is full of ???Where???s Waldo??? moments.

Lawson Bader October 27, 2014

In Memoriam: Leonard Liggio

When people speak of great men, rarely do they think of peaceful men.

Lawson Bader October 20, 2014

Calling on Congress may not be such a bad thing

The American people may be starting to care about regulatory overreach and are letting their elected...

Lawson Bader October 13, 2014

Reforming education is ultimately about choice

Can???t we just pursue our lives with our children and our wives?

Lawson Bader September 29, 2014

He who can, does; he who cannot, takes a job with a federal safety agency

Government in spite of the people does not bode well.

Lawson Bader September 22, 2014

Top-rated economies of the world are not by coincidence

The "ultimate resource??? is not physical, but the capacity for humans to invent and adapt, despite...

Lawson Bader September 15, 2014

Words matter

The government disguises its overspending and intrusion with the use of crafty nomenclature.

Lawson Bader September 8, 2014

Time has a way of blurring memories

Historians spend lifetimes discerning hyperbole, exaggeration, and mistaken identity from so-called...

Lawson Bader August 25, 2014

Is ???Thomas the Tank Engine??? subversive?

Focusing scorn on a children???s show is an affront to those who are getting up from their computers and...

Lawson Bader August 18, 2014

Business v. labor is really about cooperation vs. confrontation

Without significant reform, pension debts will go on adversely affecting their states??? business climate

Lawson Bader August 11, 2014

Operation Choke Point is the govt's helicopter parent

I thought we frowned upon using physical force and intimidation to get our way?

Lawson Bader August 4, 2014