Columns

As the brilliant economist Thomas Sowell pointed out in a column this week, a minimum wage is one of the worst things you can do to young folks out of work.

While the working stiffs of New York have to pay higher prices to the MTA for smelly, late subway and bus rides, the MTA's giving Apple the deal of a lifetime.

One of the great ironies of Jon Corzine's disastrous, hugely leveraged bet on European debt, is that when he was a senator and a governor, he was lecturing financial firms about the evils of exactly the same kind of leveraged bets.

Billions of taxpayer dollars are still being wasted on useless government schemes to bail folks out of mortgages they never should have been in. And now, some Congressmen are showing no shame about upping the ante.

Real courage in corporate America isn't always easy to find. Too often folks on the corporate ladder find it easier and safer to go along to get along. But occasionally you'll find the brave soul willing to stand up against the status quo, no matter what the consequence. Such was the case with William Niskanen.

 Folks who bought the shares at $300 have lost a lot of money, so should we bail them out?

There’s certainly no doubt that an African-American president is an inspiration to millions. But no less inspiring is the life story of Herman Cain, whose solid American values of individual initiative and self reliance are an inspiration to all.

There are some very tough cookies at the Occupy Wall Street rallies. It's worth mentioning again the teachings of a woman who looks like she's making a move to direct the rallies.

If the Wall Street protesters are really mad about taxpayers subsidizing millionaires and billionaires, than they should bring the house down on the Obama administration for subsidizing Solyndra.

It's ironic that Steve Jobs supported President Obama -- because Apple's success is one of the best arguments against Obama's attempts to use the government to revive the economy. 

Racism is often the last resort of a liberal, as a second-rate comedian recently proved.

Investors should avoid empty promises like the plague -- which is why we should always avoid handing our investment money over to politicians, who are the masters of empty promises.

Of course the President and Republicans can't make a deal. President Obama is trying to transform America into a European welfare state. 

The fix is always in with the Big Banks. The biggest fix was when they were declared "too big to fail," which guaranteed they'd get a taxpayer bailout, even though some of them deserved to fail, or at least deserved to be broken up. But since they had their hooks in with the politicians, they got the bailouts&they always get the bailouts.

Republicans have been focusing on the debt and the deficit, like America's problems could be fixed by a good accountant. But we're in a deeper hole than that. America has a crisis of confidence right now.

As long as we defend the freedom to act as individuals, we will rise to the occasion and triumph as a nation.

FBN's David Asman says Chrysler wants taxpayers to believe that they've paid back their bailout money, but that isn't the case.

Imagine the surprise of Dartmouth College parents when they got word that the keynote speaker at this year's commencement ceremony will be TV host Conan O'Brien. 

The shutdown has become the story in D.C. But it shouldn't be. The story should be about how the tea party movement has finally begun to penetrate the thick skin of status quo politicians, who were determined to keep growing government come hell or high water.

The U.S. Treasury collected $194 billion in taxes last month. During the same month, the government spent more than $1.1 trillion on expenses.