This week marks the 219th birthday of the great 19th-century French economist Frederic Bastiat. It’s the perfect time to talk…

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One of the new ways critics like to slice and dice rich people these days is to question the value…

It was going to be the party of the year: my 50th birthday. I rented a fantastic place, picked a…

The coronavirus did apparently originate in China. Now President Donald Trump wants to punish that country for its role in…

Have you ever wondered why it seems like some places have a high concentration of elected officials with little to…