Monty Pelerin's World

The young and dissatisfied are the foot soldiers of revolutions. Our young, both the “haves” and the “have-nots” are headed for more disappointment and dissatisfaction. Government has expanded beyond the [...]

Daniel Henninger, writing in the Wall Street Journal about Obama’s worst week, stated: Mr. Goolsbee announced he was departing the White House for the irresistible pull of academic tenure. What [...]

Paul Johnson is one of my favorite reads. He is an eminent historian and unlike other historians does not interpret the world through a statist prism. He has reportedly written [...]

From the Wall Street Journal on yesterday’s ObamaCare decision: As Judge Vinson took pains to emphasize, the case is not really about health care at all, or the wisdom—we would [...]

Jason L. Riley of the Wall Street Journal has an interesting interview with Walter Williams entitled “The State Against Blacks.” The title references a book written by Mr. Williams in [...]

While the Obama Administration may not know economics and sound policy, that doesn’t mean others don’t. In what undoubtedly will be looked at as “unfair,” Canada has taken the proper [...]

The Wall Street Journal commented in a puff piece on the recent rise in interest rates: Count us among the optimists who think this is good news, a sign that [...]

In today’s Wall Street Journal, pollster Scott Rasmussen reports: … we project that Nancy Pelosi’s party will likely lose 55 or more seats in the House, putting the GOP firmly [...]

Hat Tip to Phil’s Favorites for the following: Is A Market Crash Coming? The WSJ Ponders… Courtesy of Tyler Durden In a unorthodox piece by the WSJ, which goes direct to [...]

Why No Jobs?Posted: 09 Aug 2010 06:21 AM PDT by Jerry O’Driscoll In today’s (Monday, August 9th) Wall Street Journal, a small business owner provides the calculations on why he [...]

The following illustrates the best reason to not listen to the nonsensical arguments between Republicans and Democrats. The corruption of politics has made these parties almost identical. The old saying [...]

Peggy Noonan opines about The Big Alienation in this morning’s Wall Street Journal: We are at a remarkable moment. We have an open, 2,000-mile border to our south, and the [...]