Capitalism Is Not The Problem
Gloom, doom and revolution are in the air: France paralysed by a wave of strike action, the boulevards of Paris resembling a debris-strewn battlefield. The Hungarian currency sinks to its lowest level...
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Dead Ed, the Collapse, and eBay Saves Us All
My first reaction to Pres. Obama’s speech last night was depression. Here were the Democrats giving the president standing O’s for completely converting the Republic into a social democracy. I...
View ArticleBrooks On Capitalism
David Brooks had started down the road to Damascus when he was called back into the fold by Dear Leader. His Op-Ed in today’s NYT is the result. Most of Brooks’ offering is a rather transparent attempt...
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Podcast for 22 Mar 09
In this podcast, Bruce, Michael and Dale talk about the AIG bonus Fiasco, limiting executive pay, and the public’s tolerance for President Obama. The direct link to the podcast can be found here. The...
View ArticleBlogTalk Radio – Tonight at 8pm (EST)
Call in number: (718) 664-9614 Yes, friends, it is a call-in show, so do call in. Subject(s): Pirates! The real kind and the one’s administering TARP. And we’ll also discuss the Rasmussen poll about...
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Podcast for 12 Apr 09
In this podcast, Bruce, Michael, Bryan, and Dale discuss the Maersk Alabama Piracy conclusion, President Bush’s Obama’s military and terrorism policies, and the poll that found only 52% of Americans...
View ArticleQuote Of The Day
It’s actually from last week, but too good of a comment not to highlight, even tardily [Via Synova]: Americans believe that the normal state of things is not-violence… Do you suppose that’s true? That...
View ArticleIs it the fault of multiple generations of public schooling?
Or is it the constant demonization of capitalism? This does’t particularly shock me: Sixty percent (60%) of U.S. adults nationwide say that capitalism is better than socialism. A new Rasmussen Reports...
View ArticleHave you spotted the evolving narrative yet?
Today at his press conference, President Obama claimed that people may have been confused by what he did early on with the massive spending because it was an “emergency” and he had to do something...
View ArticleShould Liberal’s support Occupy Wall Street?
That’s the question the editorial staff asks and answers in an editorial written for the publication’s November 3rd edition. The answer they give is a qualified “no”. Qualified in that while they...
View ArticleFormer SEIU boss: We should emulate Chinese economic model
You can wade through all the trash he throws up there as a preface to his central point, but I’ll save you the trouble. Writing in the WSJ, Andy Stern says: The conservative-preferred, free-market...
View Article“Conservatives” attacking capitalism [update]
Whether you like Mitt Romney or not, Jay Nordlinger at NRO is right about one thing that has disturbed me: we’ve been treated to a spectacle, through these often destructive debates, of so-called...
View ArticleDavos elite: Capitalism is the problem
That is certainly the premise at work in Davos as “political and economic elite”, who’ve served us so well to this point, meet to plot discuss modifications to capitalism. Economic and political elites...
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Robert Reich’s attempt to redefine Capitalism
I’ve often said that what the left attempts to do is redefine words to blunt the impact (and fool the people) of what they’re trying to accomplish. On the occasion of a Socialist winning France’s...
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Capitalism, cronyism and corruption
Gallup has a new indicator poll out that shows the nation’s national priorities according to its citizens. It’s interesting in many ways, but primarily because one of the highest calls for action is...
View ArticleQuote of the Day – Fine Arts and Capitalism edition
Or perhaps it could be called the wages of the liberal cant (Camille Paglia): Capitalism has its weaknesses. But it is capitalism that ended the stranglehold of the hereditary aristocracies, raised the...
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Observations: The QandO Podcast for 17 Mar 13
This week, Bruce, Michael and Dale discuss the moral case for capitalism and CPAC & the future of conservatism. The direct link to the podcast can be found here. As a reminder, if you are an iTunes...
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Observations: The QandO Podcast for 01 Dec 13
This week, all of us just talk about stuff. The direct link to the podcast can be found here. As a reminder, if you are an iTunes user, don’t forget to subscribe to the QandO podcast, Observations,...
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Observations: The QandO Podcast for 19 Dec 14
This week, Michael and Dale just talk about stuff. The direct link to the podcast can be found here. As a reminder, if you are an iTunes user, don’t forget to subscribe to the QandO podcast,...
View ArticleObservations: The QandO Podcast for 01 Jun 14
This week, Bruce, Michael, and Dale talk about Ukraine, the Bundy case in Nevada, and the increasing arbitrariness of the Federal government. The podcast can be found on Stitcher here. Please remember...
View ArticleThe power of the market, proven again …
We were told that while oil prices were high, shale oil could be produced at enough of a profit to drill, but to expensive to continue if the prices dropped. But efficiency and technical innovation...
View ArticleGuess what TIME blames for what it sees as America’s decline?
My guess is most of us would agree that America seems to be in decline, but not for the reasons TIME magazine does. Much of the decline is centered in the politics and policies of the governing party....
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