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Harry and the Super Committee

Harry and the Super Committee

As the vaunted Super Committee grinds to a standstill, we need look no further than an unrelated comment from Prince Harry Reid to understand the reason why labeling something “super” does not necessarily make it so. While it is a significant leap to say that...
Harry and the Super Committee

The Universality of Greed

A fine line exists between the seemingly simple notions of greed and self-interest. It might be concluded that greed is a subset of the broader concept of self-interest. Alternatively, some may say that there is no difference between the two. Irrespective of the...
Harry and the Super Committee

Herman Cain’s “Big Lie”

“If we had been under Obamacare and a bureaucrat was trying to tell me when I could get that CAT scan that would have delayed my treatment. My surgeons and doctors have told me that because I was able get the treatment as fast as I could, based upon my timetable and...
Harry and the Super Committee

A Half-Truth is (still) a Whole-Lie

“We’re going to work with federal housing agencies to help more people refinance their mortgages at interest rates that are now near 4 percent,” Obama said in his speech last week to announce the $450 billion jobs package. The plan would put “more than $2,000...
Harry and the Super Committee

Of Projects and Plans

How could it be that less than 20% of Americans think that “government is working?” It would seem more projectable, (given our grand political divide) that roughly a third of us would always be happy with our government, another third deeply discouraged, and the...
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