Phil Gramm, who Democrats and the media have been trying to blame for the banking crisis, puts up a solid defense in the WSJ. Regarding the liberal policies that pressured banks into giving out all of those bad loans, he writes:
Since politicization of the mortgage market was a primary cause of this crisis, we should [...]

Mickey Kaus asks: “Isn’t the border fence shovel-ready?“
Great question. In fact, shouldn’t this be at the top of the list for the federal spending extravaganza that is about to begin?
My guess is that President Obama, like McCain and Bush, doesn’t like the fence at all. Our political elites like the open borders policy. So what [...]

Thomas Sowell explains the underlying root cause of the financial crisis and, really, as far as I can tell, much of the world’s economic meltdown.
It is funny that the news media and liberals say that the economic disaster is due to a lack of regulations. The exact opposite is true. Government regulations shifted starting with [...]

Economist Alex Tabarrok explains:
I believe that bank nationalization is now very likely. It may even be desirable. The term nationalization, however, clouds judgment on both sides of the debate. It’s better to think of what we want to do as bankruptcy. Many of the major banks are insolvent. When the [...]

The subject of a card-check bill keeps coming up (via Instapundit):
TRIBUNE-REVIEW: Though President Obama has signed four executive orders favoring organized labor, the crown jewel for unions — legislation making it easier for workers to organize — is yet to come.
The Employee Free Choice Act, commonly called the “card-check bill,” that died in the [...]

Across Western Europe restrictions on the freedom of speech are spreading, especially in regards to criticizing Islam. The latest case is that of Dutch Freedom Party leader Geert Wilders, who I wrote here had a movie banned by the EU parliament. Now back in the Netherlands, where he is a member of the Dutch parliament, [...]

I usually have an opinion on most policy matters. But I must say that this stimulus package has had me sitting on the fence. On one hand the Democrats and many economists say this huge package of spending measures and tax cuts will help save the economy from a really bad recession - or even [...]

Sam Houston was one of the founding fathers of Texas. He served as the first President of the Republic of Texas when Texas was an independent country from 1836 to 1846. After Texas joined the United States, Houston served as the Governor of Texas including up until the Civil War period. Thus he was a [...]

This is cool. Watch Wal-Mart spread across the US starting from 1967.

Uh oh. Robert Samuelson, a person I trust regarding non-partisan economic analysis, tells us:
The decision by Obama and Democratic congressional leaders to load the stimulus with so many partisan projects is politically shrewd and economically suspect. The president’s claims of bipartisanship were mostly a sham, as he skillfully maneuvered Republicans into a no-win position: Either [...]