by Richard W. Rahn | Dec 31, 2013
New Year’s resolutions are difficult to keep. That is why I find it easier to make them for others, rather than myself, as part of my other-people improvement program. The country would not be on the road to ruin if those in government would follow the New...
by Richard W. Rahn | Dec 24, 2013
If you think things are bad, you might be consoled in knowing that most things for most people on the globe were never better than in 2013. The good news is that most people are living longer with more real income and more security than they did a year ago, a decade...
by Richard W. Rahn | Dec 17, 2013
Only 12 percent of likely U.S. voters favor a federal budget that increases government spending, but that’s just what the bipartisan budget deal passed by the House late [last] week does. It restores billions cut by the sequester on March 30 and puts off...
by Richard W. Rahn | Dec 10, 2013
Last week, President Obama said that “income inequality” is the major problem that his administration would focus on for the remainder of his term. He proposed increasing the minimum wage as a way to solve this issue. The president’s statement is a perfect example of...
by Richard W. Rahn | Dec 3, 2013
Did you ever buy a game or device for which the rule book or instruction manual was so thick and detailed that you were not able to comprehend it in a reasonable period of time, so you either discarded or failed to use the product? Have you noticed that many...
