Now that Mitt Romney is more likely to be the Republican Presidential nominee, I expect more media to paint him as a villain from his days at Bain Capital. Heck, even Republicans have called him a greedy "vulture capitalist" who eliminated people's jobs just to turn a profit.

In my syndicated column this week, I look at the unseen benefits of what the ignorant call vulture capitalism:... continue reading »

Newark, Philadelphia, and Baltimore all reached historic temperatures over the weekend. New York City, where I live, reached 104 degrees .

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Hollywood routinely attacks capitalism. Liberal writers portray free markets as evil and heartless. They believe it.

In my syndicated column this week, I talk about one new exception: David Mamet, a playwright who used to think capitalism was bad. In his 1992 movie "Glengarry Glen Ross", one character says, "The rich get richer, that's the law of the land."

Over the past few years, Mamet experienced a conversion. In his words:... continue reading »