In the world of economics, Milton Friedman is an icon. His contributions to understanding how free markets work earned him a Nobel Prize and a reputation as one of history’s most brilliant economists and teachers.Now the University of Chicago, Freidman’s academic home for 30 years, is embroiled in controversy over plans to honor Friedman by […]

Okay. Sean Penn, pay attention — or Danny Glover, or any of you other leftists insaniacs. This is Reuters. “Despite having some of the world’s largest energy reserves, Venezuela is increasingly struggling to maintain basic electrical service…” “Venezuela is increasingly struggling to maintain basic electrical service, a growing challenge for leftist president Hugo Chavez.” We […]

I’ve been thinking about this Joe the Plumber business, and everybody is pointing out that it’s not what Joe the Plumber asked Obama, it’s what Obama answered. He wants to “spread the wealth around.” But it’s actually even worse than that. It’s now about how quickly team Obama was able to shut down Joe the […]

Gloria Borger was on CNN’s Election Center last Tuesday night, the host Campbell Brown. “Where do things stand, Gloria? Is Sarah Palin hurting rather than helping the McCain campaign?” BORGER: Well, she certainly isn’t bringing along Hillary Clinton supporters. Anybody who thought that she was going to bring along Hillary Clinton supporters was not looking […]

Stephen Spruiell posting at National Review Online. “‘My 8th grade son is in an advanced English class at a public middle school here in Racine, Wisconsin. I just found out that my son’s new (copyright 2008) Wisconsin — McDougal Littell Literature book has 15 pages covering Barack Obama. I was shocked — No John McCain, […]