by Richard W. Rahn | Apr 27, 2021
Yes indeed, many of our political leaders are ignorant who unnecessarily damage both our pocketbooks and even our lives. The Biden administration has just lifted the 11-day “pause” on the use of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine. Approximately 7 million...
by Richard W. Rahn | Apr 20, 2021
Last week, an ad appeared in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal and perhaps elsewhere, “signed” by 100 companies and several thousand individuals. The ad was titled: “We stand for democracy” as if that statement required great courage. The operative sentence...
by Richard W. Rahn | Apr 12, 2021
In 2020, a great global pandemic descended upon the Earth. It not only affected people’s bodies, leading to death in many of the elderly, but also caused the global political class to lose a non-negligible number of IQ points. The open question is: “Is their new...
by Richard W. Rahn | Apr 5, 2021
How much should the U.S. spend on infrastructure projects? President Biden has just proposed to have the government spend approximately $2 trillion dollars on “infrastructure” projects. Where did this number come from? Homeowners frequently need to spend money on...
by Richard W. Rahn | Mar 30, 2021
Why would an insurance company pay a private meteorological company a fee to provide them with information — about the likelihood of a hurricane landfall and severity and timing in a specific location — when the Weather Bureau provides the information for free? The...