Economist Pierre Lemieux Reviews Public Policy Hooligan

Pierre Lemieux, the author of The Public Debt Problem and one of the most principled and eloquent economists around, posted his thoughts on Amazon on Public Policy Hooligan earlier today. Here’s his take: A great defender of our liberties, February 25, 2013 By Pierre Lemieux (Portland Maine) -Public Policy Hooligan (Kindle Edition) The problem with […]

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Wall Street Journal: “EEOC Exposes Itself to Ridicule on Background Checks”

The Wall Street Journal published 4 responses today to my February 15 article on the EEOC – along with a great headline – “EEOC Exposes Itself to Ridicule on Background Checks”: Regarding James Bovard’s “Perform Criminal Background Checks at Your Peril,” (op-ed, Feb. 15): With the federal government trying to force private-sector businesses to hire […]

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Abraham Lincoln’s Forgotten Atrocities

The Lincoln movie is on the verge of picking up a heap of Oscars at the Academy Awards on Sunday night. That movie did not quite capture Honest Abe’s full record. I was raised in a county that was devastated (and lost much of its population) as a result of Lincoln-approved Scorched Earth tactics in […]

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On Philly Radio at 4:30 P.M. Today – Listen Live link

I’ll be on the Conservative Commandos radio show this afternoon at 4:30 P.M. Eastern time to discuss the Wall Street Journal piece on the EEOC’s new hiring policy for ex-convicts. Here’s the details on the radio show: “The Host is Rick Trader and co-hosted by JD Gordon, Sam Rohrer, Anna Little, Kevin Wade, JD Miniear […]

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Playboy Redux: Pork Barrel Prisons (2002)

Last week’s Wall Street Journal piece spurred some comments about how the government needs to do something because of the scant choices facing the vast numbers of people who now have a criminal record. The endless proliferation of new criminal statutes is profoundly harming American society. America needs fewer laws, not more prisons – as […]

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