Many of you have been sending me this CNBC article by Mark Fahey this morning, and you can stop now. Because it’s a dumb article. It supposedly sets out to determine which state is most like Greece, which is a stupid premise to begin with because Greece’s relationship to the European Union is not really comparable…
John Andrist: When All The Spending Stops
What do Greece, the United States and your family all have in common? The world has been focussed this past week on the impending bankruptcy of Greece. Most of us don’t really understand why, but the turmoil in Greece is having a huge impact on all of Europe, and a significant impact on those of…
"We've Never Seen A Generation This Educated Also Be This Unemployed"
The quote above from from an Atlantic article about youth unemployment in the European Union. Not, thankfully, America. But still, the picture in the EU is grim, and you have to wonder how much behind the curve America is on this front: The EU unemployment rate set a new all-time high of 12.2 percent, according…
Kopp Column: Liberals Don't Believe In Giants
If I have seen further, it is by standing on the shoulders of giants.” –Isaac Newton Newton noted his own contributions to science were made possible by studying, learning and knowing the works of those before him. His sentiment is echoed by conservatives who study, learn and maintain the belief that moral order is not a…