Healthcare Reform

There’s nothing “sure or quick” about changing medical liability laws that will improve healthcare or its costs. Defensive medicine adds very little to healthcare’s price tag, and rising malpractice premiums have had very little impact on access to care. From Healthcare Reform – Salon.com Of course it won’t. And it hasn’t. So far, there have… Continue reading Healthcare Reform

Taxes vs Voucher Socialism

Instead of being paid to deliver planes, missiles and tanks, defense contractors would receive “weapon supply tax credits” (WSTC). The defense contractors would be able to reduce the taxes they owed the federal government by the prices of the weapons they delivered. Because the tax credit would be refundable, if the prices exceeded a firm’s… Continue reading Taxes vs Voucher Socialism

France’s Integrating Muslims

The birthrate of Muslims in France is also converging on the mean. It’s been falling since the early-1980s and now stands at 2.5 versus 2.0 (interestingly the birthrate in the Maghreb is 1.8). In the next few decades France’s Muslim population will grow to be a larger minority, but nevertheless still a small one. Increasingly… Continue reading France’s Integrating Muslims

Pantless man accused of harassing neighbor’s horse

A man who apparently wasn’t wearing pants has been accused of harassing a neighbor’s horse. The Tri-City Herald reported the horse’s owner spotted a bald man without any pants chasing the horse about 3:30 a.m. Friday in a corral. Benton County sheriff’s deputies identified a 26-year-old man, who lives next door, as the suspect and… Continue reading Pantless man accused of harassing neighbor’s horse

TARP could have cost taxpayers $700 billion. Now it looks like it might break even

As we approach the one-year anniversary of the Panic of 2008, it’s clear that the actual cost of the TARP will be a fraction of the original $700 billion estimate and that taxpayers are even turning a profit from the central component of the package. From Slate: TARP could have cost taxpayers $700 billion I… Continue reading TARP could have cost taxpayers $700 billion. Now it looks like it might break even