Milton Friedman’s simple truths about government spending.
Democrats fervently believe in spending your money on someone else. This stands at the core of what separates big government liberals from small government conservatives.
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A little bit put out.
An enviable economic record is getting crushed by a toxic combination of Trump ego and high gasoline prices.
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A most important day.
The Founders’ innovation was an ambitious federal republic, with a written constitution standing above the ordinary exercise of political power.
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Freedom itself.
Twenty-five years ago on September 11, 2001, as I was arriving at the offices and studios of KTBB to go to work, Garth Maier, then KTBB’s News & Program Director, was vigorously – almost frantically – waving at me to come into the control room to see what he was seeing on the TV monitor. What soon became clear was that we, and indeed the entire world, were seeing in a terrible instant that freedom...
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Who decides?
For the 2026 midterm election, forget about party labels. Forget about the likeability or lack thereof of this or that candidate. Instead, ask yourself this one question.
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A lesson lost.
Time was Democrats and Republicans in America largely agreed that the Soviet Union and its puppet states were de facto prisons.
Milton Friedman’s simple truths about government spending.
Democrats fervently believe in spending your money on someone else. This stands at the core of what separates big government liberals from small government conservatives.
A little bit put out.
An enviable economic record is getting crushed by a toxic combination of Trump ego and high gasoline prices.
A most important day.
The Founders’ innovation was an ambitious federal republic, with a written constitution standing above the ordinary exercise of political power.
Freedom itself.
Twenty-five years ago on September 11, 2001, as I was arriving at the offices and studios of KTBB to go to work, Garth Maier, then KTBB’s News & Program Director, was vigorously – almost frantically – waving at me to come into the control room to see what he was seeing on the TV monitor. What soon became clear was that we, and indeed the entire world, were seeing in a terrible instant that freedom...
Who decides?
For the 2026 midterm election, forget about party labels. Forget about the likeability or lack thereof of this or that candidate. Instead, ask yourself this one question.
A lesson lost.
Time was Democrats and Republicans in America largely agreed that the Soviet Union and its puppet states were de facto prisons.
Incomprehensible.
“Trillion” is a number that in more sane times was used for expressing the distances in miles between galaxies.
Of Fauci and the Founders.
The U.S. response to COVID is allegory for the federalism that the socialists taking over the Democratic Party are dedicated to destroying.
A useful idiot.
Early in the pandemic I came to dislike Fauci. What I now understand is that I didn’t dislike him nearly enough.
Socialism? Heartland folks will have their say.
The heartland folks know that America isn’t perfect. But they also know that America is good.
What Gerry Ford got right.
A government big enough to give you everything you want is a government big enough to take from you everything you have.
Great article for sure and right on time. Taxes are evil; plain and simple; especially when entrusted to a government…
Mr. Saunders: You just made my day. (Day? You must made my month.) Thank you for your very kind words.…
No taxation without representation: Is this a socialistic joke?
I read your excellent columns every week, but often my business workload precludes my commenting, but your "Milton Friedman’s simple…
Well said Paul.