The Evil of Private Equity “A Delicate Balancing Act” in the May 29th TLR discussed a New York Times editorial entitled “Charity Won’t Solve Student Debt,” which took to task Robert Smith, the founder, chairman and CEO of Vista Equity Partners, who had announced during his...
American Exceptionalism What is American Exceptionalism? What is it that makes a country, any country, exceptional? The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines “exceptional” as “rare,” “superior.” The United States is indeed a rare and superior country, rare in its economic and political success, and superior in the...
Laws, Regulations … and Conservative Values Bret Stephens wrote an editorial in the New York Times on July 26th that addressed concerns he has with something he termed “conservative nationalism,” which he defined as nationalism cloaked in the mantle of conservatism. In the editorial, Stephens...
Lying, Cheating and the Corrosion of Democracy From the title, you might suppose that today’s TLR is about America’s elected officials. Although that would have been an excellent guess …, apologies, but today’s topic addresses a broader spectrum of liars and cheats problem. The...
"Will Modern Monetary Theory Work” (April 14th TLR) and “They’re All Keynsians Now” (March 27th TLR) Republicans no longer are believers in balanced budgets. Democrats most often have favored deficit spending. Both are now in agreement that Congressional spend-and-debt orgies are fun! This week, the...
