Does the president “manage the economy”?

Thursday, August 21st, 2008

Apparently some people think that "managing the economy"* is a presidential responsibility.  From Reuters/Zogby: McCain now has a 9-point edge, 49 percent to 40 percent, over Obama on the critical question of who would be the best manager of the economy -- an issue nearly half of voters said was their top ...

Detailed analysis of Obama and McCain’s health care proposals

Friday, August 1st, 2008

The Cato Institute has published Michael Tanner's detailed analysis of the presidential candidate's proposals.  As one can expect from Michael Tanner, it's very well researched, accessible, and packed with useful facts.  Here's part of the summary: Senator McCain's proposal is far from perfect, but from a free-market perspective, it appears superior to Senator ...

The big lie behind politician-controlled medicine

Friday, June 13th, 2008

The Denver Post printed the following letter of mine last week (on-line version): Re: "Who has your health at heart?" May 22 guest commentary. AFL-CIO executives John Sweeney and Mike Cerbo perpetuate the big lie behind politician-controlled medicine: that the free market is not working and that costs have been spiraling out ...

McCain in Denver this Friday

Wednesday, April 30th, 2008

From the Denver Post : John McCain, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, will hold a town hall meeting on health care Friday in Denver, his campaign says. ... They want government to make the decision," the Arizona senator was reported as saying, "I want the family to make the decision as to ...