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Obamacare is not the problem

Taking the pro-market approach consequently would require telling Americans that the greed-driven doctors, clinics, hospitals and pharmaceutical industry would...

Feb 8, 2017

With a hoe against the Sun

If we spend all the money we have and can borrow to fight climate change – will it make...

It is editors’ fault

Why is it so hard to reach any reasonable consensus on immigration? In 2006, we failed to reform our...

Aug 21, 2013

Chatter promptly delivered

An open letter to Mr. Lex Fenwick, Publisher of The Wall Street Journal Dear Mr. Fenwick, In the July...

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Aug 12, 2013

Conversation of a deaf with a mute one – this is the Wall Street Journal style immigration debate

Several prominent Republicans decided to advocate for changing the 14th Amendment to the Constitution, so that children born in...

Aug 8, 2010

Alienation of the nation and Peggy Noonan in particular

In her column, “The Big Alienation” Peggy Noonan is trying to convince us that the nation is alienated from...

May 10, 2010

Bill O’Reilly, a socialist in denial

In an emotional burst, Bill O’Reilly condemned Dick Wolf and NBC for the “Law and Order” episode portraying a...

Mar 18, 2010

Journalism does not need to be saved, newspapers do

Time published Walter Isaacson’s story entitled “How to Save Your Newspaper“. The same text was posted on the Huffington...

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Mar 13, 2009

Stealing horses with Blago and telling

Under the title “This explains it”, the Sunday, February 15th Chicago Tribune reprinted from the Men’s Journal magazine a...

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Feb 16, 2009

The perfect test that the Chicago Tribune failed

Over his long business career, Sam Zell has undoubtedly many times smirked at those who have reported failures whilst...

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Jan 8, 2009
Remark of the day

Is Musk losing it?

August 20, 2024
Life and politics

Elon Musk claims that he is ready to serve as the chief of the Department of Government Efficiency in the Trump administration. He forgot what he did when he had to improve Twitter's performance after purchasing it. He fired about 80% of employees, and Twitter did not collapse. After taking office as president of Argentina in December of 2023, Javier Milei did not create the Department of Government Efficiency either. He did the opposite; he dissolved 11 ministries and fired 15,000 government employees. As of June 2024, 55% of Argentinians are OK with that. One does not improve efficiency by creating a new bureaucracy but by eliminating the existing one. Musk knew that at Twitter but forgot it when veering into politics.

$44 billion for loud lamenting

July 26, 2024
Life and politics, Media

Elon Musk warned us that “America is headed for bankruptcy.” The national debt, which is $34 trillion and gro...

Do we need the judiciary branch of the government?

July 10, 2024
Life and politics

That question comes to mind when reading critics of the recent Supreme Court decision weakening so-called Chevron deference. In t...

Between a circus and a nursing home

June 29, 2024
Life and politics, Media

I heard on BBC that assessment of the recent debate between Joe Biden and Donald Trump. People are still commenting. For exampl...

Dr. Phil’s sore knees

June 08, 2024
Media

Dr. Phil McGraw is a clinical psychologist who has gained fame thanks to his charming way of asking people seemingly simple questions that are not s...