Five years ago today I launched my blog and began this labor of love. When I embarked on this journey, my goal was to write one or two posts a month on the twin topics of public policy and being a dad. In publishing my 100th blog post earlier this week, I comfortably hit that […]
Moving beyond Kavanaugh
No amount of rationalization about the confirmation of Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court is likely to change people’s opinions. In modern times, we seem to be more divided than ever as a country. But for people who opposed the justice’s appointment and supported the Democrats’ attempt to defeat it, I think it’s important to […]
Feel-Good Bans on Straws and Plastic Bags Don’t Help the Ocean
<This op-ed first appeared in National Review on September 19, 2018> They increase plastic use, energy consumption, and health risks. Better idea: Improve trash collection in Third World countries. Politicians in Seattle and San Francisco are being cheered on by some voters for their recent bans on plastic straws, having already banned plastic bags years […]
Socialism’s apologists ignore Venezuela’s human tragedy
Supporters of socialism have taken to suggesting that the human tragedy unfolding in Venezuela has nothing to do with socialism, rather it’s the result of the dictatorships of former President Hugo Chavez and his successor Nicolas Maduro. In their view, dictatorships lead to the deprivation we’re witnessing, not socialism. They’re confusing types of government and […]
Elizabeth Warren’s financial illiteracy
Over the weekend, Elizabeth Warren released a video denouncing stock buybacks in another of her trademark attacks on employers, attempting to sow resentment and divide Americans. Her usual style is to rely on rhetoric and academic theory that is difficult to parse and believable to those who’ve not studied a subject in depth. What’s striking […]
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