Econ/Tax/Spend/Big Govt

When Wall St. played on America’s team

By John Biver

Dispatches recommended from Charles Gasparino: My father, a construction worker, spent a lot of time laying iron rods in the World Trade Center’s concrete foundation back in the late 1960s. Dad was never big…

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Let’s Model ObamaJobs After ObamaCare!

By John Biver

Dispatches recommends this brilliant piece by Paul Hsieh: President Obama is currently huddled with his advisors putting the finishing touches on his upcoming major “jobs” speech. Undoubtedly he feels some pressure to come up…

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Video: Doorbell

By John Biver

Dispatches recommended from PowerLineBlog: This video titled “Doorbell,” submitted by Don Brookins, wasn’t a prize winner in the Power Line Prize competition, but it meets the purpose of the competition very well: in simple…

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Morality is all one piece

By John Biver

The attempt to find a good working relationship between morality (in one arena) and amorality (in another) – is foolishness. Ross Perot famously said he couldn’t trust Bill Clinton because Hillary couldn’t. Those who…

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White House Thinks Unemployment Creates Jobs

By John Biver

Dispatches recommended by Mike Shedlock: “Real Clear Politics notes Unemployment Benefits Could Create Up To 1 Million Jobs” “I understand why extending unemployment insurance provides relief to people who need it, but how does…

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Two good posts from Victor Davis Hanson

By John Biver

Dispatches recommended… A Tottering Technocracy ~ Here and in Europe, the financial meltdown exposes the hollowness of our elites. We are witnessing a widespread crisis of faith in our progressive guardians of the last…

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