Author: Michael Laprarie

Yep – richer than NYC’s elite suburbs or Silicon Valley.  Is anyone really surprised? Federal employees whose compensation averages more than $126,000 and the nation’s greatest concentration of lawyers …

Apparently the Democrats failed to get the memo that you should always keep your friends close and your “enemies” closer: After the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee sent a recent …

You just can’t make this stuff up: In a call previewing Obama’s upcoming bus tour through North Carolina and Virginia, White House spokesman Josh Earnest said Obama “will continue …

This is just so … RAAAAACIST! Occupy Atlanta began protesting Friday night. About 200 people attended the event. U.S. Congressman John Lewis even stopped by for about half an …

In 2003, the Australian government took action to protect consumers from what it considered to be exorbitant credit card interchange fees, and placed a cap on the fees paid …

If you are a follower Prof. Glenn Reynolds’ “Instapundit” blog, then you know that he regularly links to stories involving what he calls the Higher Education Bubble.  Put simply, …

Remember the Ford Motor Co. “real people” TV commercial that featured a Ford customer named Chris who told the cameras, “I wasn’t going to buy another car that was …

When I hear the word “contract” I reach for my revolver think of two unique definitions — formally, a legally binding mutual agreement made between two or more parties, …

Drudge linked to an article about Rick Perry’s faith in this morning’s Washington Post: “Perry casts himself as spiritual, forsaking talk of jobs for a day” But before I …

As a follow-up to Jay Tea’s piece on Social Security, I would like to share an excellent video of Milton Friedman discussing the major myths of the Social Security …