Frank Turek reports on a new study published by the Econ Journal Watch which indicates that libertarians and conservatives tend to know far more about issues of basic economics than do their liberal counterparts (You can read the the full study here). According to the Wall Street Journal: [The] percentage of conservatives answering incorrectly was 22.3%, very [...]
Tags: conservatives, liberals, libertarians
…And makes herself look downright idiotic… more like theoLOLgian if you ask me. What a failed attempt at political correctness. What is “the word” supposed to mean, Speaker Pelosi?
Tags: idiocy, Nancy Pelosi, the word
Austin Hill and Scott Rae, The Virtues of Capitalism: A Moral Case for Free Markets (Chicago, IL: Northfield. 2010) Capitalism’s reputation has taken a beating in light of the recent financial crisis. According to politicians and pundits from both sides of the spectrum, capitalism is to blame. Not so, say Austin Hill and Scott Rae, who [...]
Tags: Austin Hill, Bailout, Capitalism, Economics, Greed, Scott Rae
For those who keep up with the news, the world has been experiencing some turmoil (newsflash!) that has left people worried about what is to come. The Gulf of Mexico recently had a severe oil spill that is said to be the worst environmental disaster in American history. It’s been reported that 210,000 gallons of [...]
Politics has always been something that I never really took an interest in. But since bioethics, one of my main interests, is often intertwined with political and jurisprudential issues, I figured that it was about time that I started studying it. Until recently, my main source of political knowledge came from television news stations such [...]
