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The Ant and the Grasshopper

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , , , , on 18 November 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Kurt Bouwhuis, Mackinac Center Intern
Here is a letter to the editor that I found to the be entertaining.
 To the editor:
I received this from one of my nieces as an e-mail. The author is unknown. However, I think it speaks volumes about the way our country is headed. Perhaps you would want to share with the [...]

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The Ultimate Chain Letter

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , on 18 September 2009 | 1 Comment »

Kurt Bouwhuis, Mackinac Center Intern
Here is a great essay that is a bit more lengthy than most of my posts that is definately worth your time to read!
By: Russ Roberts
The other day I had to get some important tax receipts to my accountant. He’s in St. Louis, it [...]

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This is Spectacular

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , , , , , on 25 January 2009 | Leave a Comment »

These are the concluding paragraphs of Bill’s op-ed in the Washington Times.  Enjoy!
“The truth is: It is not government’s function to create jobs. Putting people to work is easy, as demonstrated by Franklin D. Roosevelt’s Depression-era Works Progress Administration (WPA), more accurately known as “WPA: We Piddle Around.” The bigger challenge is to create wealth. [...]

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Want world peace? Support free trade.

Posted in economics, politics, tagged , , , , , on 26 August 2008 | Leave a Comment »

William Freeland, Mackinac Center Intern
An outstanding article on the pacifying effect of trade by Donald Boudreaux  of George Mason Univerity and Cafe Hayek blogger. This from the November 20, 2006 edition of the Christian Science Monitor.
(Cross-Posted at Michigan SFE Blog)
By Donald J. Boudreaux 
FAIRFAX, VA.

Everyone knows that a key to the Democrats’ big electoral win was their opposition to the [...]

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I Reject Your Notion of “Self-Interest”

Posted in economics, tagged , , on 22 July 2008 | 2 Comments »

-Hannah Mead, MCPP intern, 2008
One awesome thing about the blogosphere is how courteous bloggers are. I’m not talking about posts or comments — these can of course get nasty. But the proliferation of such kind behavior as citing HTs, putting (pdf) after a link and giving spoiler warnings is pretty universal. And it’s pretty nice.
Do [...]

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Deposit on Water Bottles in MI’s Future?

Posted in Environment, tagged , , on 17 June 2008 | 1 Comment »

Possibly, if the Michigan United Conservation Clubs have anything to say about it.
“The same group that pushed for Michigan to become the first state to require deposits on pop bottles wants to expand the law to add deposits to water bottles, and they hope to get it done by the end of the month.
“The Michigan [...]

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