A passionate commitment to social justice is no substitute for knowing what the hell you're talking about.

Groups that rose from poverty to prosperity seldom did so by having their own racial or ethnic leaders to follow.

For every expert there is an equal and opposite expert, but for every fact there is not necessarily an equal and opposite fact.

A passionate commitment to social justice is no substitute for knowing what the hell you're talking about.

The first lesson of economics is scarcity: there is never enough of anything to fully satisfy all those who want it. The first lesson of politics is to disregard the first lesson of economics.

Even if the government spends itself into bankruptcy and the economy still does not recover, Keynesians can always say that it would have worked if only the government had spent more.

In the wake of the housing debacle in California, more people are buying less expensive homes, making bigger down payments, and staying away from 'creative' and risky financing. It is amazing how fast people learn when they are not insulated from the consequences of their decisions.