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Because the American people want a leader who's not afraid to write his name on stuff! True leaders don't act- they write! Wait, just up there, you said he never broke his promise. So did he stick with his promise or not? I think this is a case of getting mugged by reality. Upon getting...

Sure it does. I guess I had this column in mind when I wrote that: The Cancer of Regulation by John Stossel on Creators.com - A Syndicate Of Talent The point is the barriers to entry are made artificially high in some places. There's no reason for such restrictive regulations except as a...

Correction to the topic name: Republican mayor in the South becomes unlikely advocate for illegal immigrants

One more suggestion to keep barriers to entry low is to do away with licensing in many fields. Certainly, we want doctors and teachers to have licenses, but a license to do hair or drive a taxi? The only point of those is throw up barriers for competition. For the two products you mention...

I haven't really followed it too closely, but from what I can tell, everything went well. The price floor expired in 2007 and there's plenty of competition and choices and the prices are quite reasonable (about $.10/kW-hr in this area).

Yes, I'm very skeptical idea that Walmart alone has created ghost towns. However, it's nearly impossible to prove a negative, and much easier to prove a positive. If you can find a ghost town where Walmart was the main factor, please show it. Besides, it's your point that you made. It's...

Please don't take my response personally as I made no ad hominem attacks. However, we are discussing the hard-hitting topic of politics and if you make an assertion that's not supported by reality and you don't recant it when you can't back it up, then don't be surprised when I respond bluntly...

Really? You claim that most big business is a monopoly and yet you can't think of a single monopoly off the top of your head? If your statement were true, you should be able to name any big company off the top of your head and it would most likely be a monopoly. Let me try. Walmart. No...

Other than perhaps Microsoft (which is questionable), can you name one industry that is currently run by a monopoly? And you say "tentacles in just about every aspect of our lives" as if it's a bad thing. The reason they're so prevalent in our lives is that we love consuming their products...

Such ambition doesn't fit everyone and there's nothing wrong with that. Personally, I don't have a problem with greed as long as it's not excessive. To me, greed's excessive if a person's willing to break the law, break basic laws of ethics and morals, or neglect his other responsibilities...

It actually was written by an Eagle Scout. :) Anyway, if you think it depicts the world in a wrongheaded fashion, then have at it. Tear it apart. Show me where I'm wrong.

That's not exactly how it works. If it were, I could say, "This year, I think I'll make, oh, I don't know, $400 million. I'm feeling a bit extra greedy this year." and then just sit back while $400 million worth of checks come in somehow. If I owned a business, I could set my salary, but it...

That's great, but if you want to actually see a higher standard of living for people rather than just feeling all warm and fuzzy from declaring yourself a firm believer in livable wages, I'd recommend also being a firm believer in the Law of Unintended Consequences. You could start off by...

For the record, it was a small group of devout religious people who saw slavery as evil and started a campaign to abolish it in late eighteenth century England. Although slavery was widely accepted in England at the time, their activism eventually led to the demise of slavery in the Western...

You're talking about the guy who tried to push the immigration bill in 2006. He probably has more in common with the Democrat Party on that issue than the Republicans. But if you want to prove me wrong and show me a quote of him saying anything harsh about illegal immigrants, go ahead. By...

Um, dude? What are you talking about? You're 180 degrees backwards on that.

Update: Gabby Giffords' first photos were released: First photos of Gabrielle Giffords released since shooting show Arizona congresswoman smiling - The Washington Post I honestly expected them to be horrific, but they're actually very good. If you didn't already know she suffered a bullet to...

Actually, that is the point because you said "Jingoists often resent and support attacking any countries that they deem to be a potential threat." And then someone else said jingoism correlates with xenophobia. Those are the remarks I was responding to. So people were yelling "USA! USA!" at...

By the way, I'll remember this next time I hear crowds yelling OBAMA! OBAMA!

USA! USA! USA! USA! USA! Interesting. I feel no desire to attack other countries. No hatred or fear of immigrants either. Let me try again. USA! USA! USA! USA! USA! Nope. Just enjoying yelling "USA!"