<This op-ed first appeared in the Washington Examiner on April 25, 2021> It’s one thing for business leaders to sit out policy debates, but it’s quite another for them to argue for policies that will harm long-term shareholder interests. Yet that’s what we’re witnessing today with the likes of Amazon’s Jeff Bezos supporting raising the […]
New Zealand had no choice but to lock down
<This op-ed first appeared in the Washington Examiner on April 2, 2021> “New Zealand hospitals in crisis.” A surprising headline for many. Why are patients being treated in hospital corridors in a country that has essentially eliminated COVID-19? Unfortunately, it’s a familiar story for many Kiwis and those who have studied universal healthcare. New Zealand […]
Roger Kerr RIP
(Published in the Wall Street Journal’s Political Diary on 8 November 2011) By Mary Kissel The Reagan revolution wasn’t an isolated movement, but one that was echoed from the shores of Britain to as far away as the Antipodes. One of the great stalwarts of that free-market agenda, Roger Kerr, passed away last month in […]
Enlightened thinking in Texas
<This op-ed first appeared in the Washington Examiner on March 7, 2021> Texas Gov. Greg Abbott announced on Tuesday that the statewide mask mandate and all restrictions on business’ operating capacity would be lifted this coming week. The following day, President Biden called these decisions “Neanderthal thinking.” In making his announcement, Abbott focused on the fact that […]
The Private Sector’s COVID-Era Triumph
<This op-ed first appeared in National Review on January 11, 2021> While government struggled mightily to steer us through the coronavirus pandemic, the free market got to work. Popular culture most often portrays businessmen and the corporations they head as greedy and ruthless. A lightly regulated free market and the profit motive, we’re told, inevitably leads […]
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