Category Archives: Policy

Bush vs. Obama: Unemployment (August 2012 Jobs Data)

Posted on Friday, September 7, 2012 by Sean Patrick Hazlett

Update: Click here for the most recent jobs statistics. On the first Friday of every month, I update the unemployment numbers so that I can compare the unemployment rate under President George W. Bush with the unemployment rate under President Obama at that … Continue reading →

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Posted in Business, Finance and Economics, Media, Policy, Politics | Tagged Bush vs. Obama, President Bush, President Obama, Unemployment | 24 Comments

Niall Ferguson Is My Hero

Posted on Wednesday, August 22, 2012 by Sean Patrick Hazlett

Niall Ferguson’s recent Newsweek piece, which convincingly and dispassionately argues why the country ought not re-elect Barack Obama, has really irritated the liberal cognescenti. So much so, that progressive patron saint Paul Krugman took time from his summer vacation to … Continue reading →

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Posted in Blogging, Business, Defense, Finance and Economics, International Security, Leadership, Media, Policy, Politics, Socialism | Tagged Cognitive Dissonance, Harvard University, LZ Granderson, Newsweek, Niall Ferguson, Paul Krugman | 24 Comments

Bush vs. Obama: Unemployment (July 2012 Jobs Data)

Posted on Friday, August 3, 2012 by Sean Patrick Hazlett

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Posted in Business, Finance and Economics, Media, Policy, Politics | Tagged Bush vs. Obama, President Bush, President Obama, Unemployment | 75 Comments

Honoring Milton Friedman

Posted on Friday, August 3, 2012 by Sean Patrick Hazlett

July 31st would have been free market economist Milton Friedman’s one-hundredth birthday. I have posted the following videos in his honor. These videos not only include Friedman’s eloquent defense of free market principles, but also they illustrate the truism that … Continue reading →

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Posted in Business, Education, Finance and Economics, Leadership, Media, Policy, Politics, Socialism, Unions | Tagged Free market economics, Milton Friedman | 5 Comments

Bush vs. Obama: Unemployment (June 2012 Jobs Data)

Posted on Friday, July 6, 2012 by Sean Patrick Hazlett

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Posted in Business, Finance and Economics, Media, Policy, Politics | Tagged Bush vs. Obama, President Bush, President Obama, Unemployment | 61 Comments

Bush vs. Obama: Unemployment (May 2012 Jobs Data)

Posted on Friday, June 1, 2012 by Sean Patrick Hazlett

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Posted in Business, Finance and Economics, Media, Policy, Politics | Tagged Bush vs. Obama, President Bush, President Obama, Unemployment | 76 Comments

Romney Visits Solyndra

Posted on Thursday, May 31, 2012 by Sean Patrick Hazlett

What’s worse, a private equity firm that invests millions of dollars for sophisticated private investors in a company that ultimately fails, or a government program that allocates tax payer dollars along with investors who are also major campaign donors to … Continue reading →

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Posted in Business, California, Clean Energy, Clean Tech, Finance and Economics, Investing, Leadership, Media, Policy, Politics, Solar | Tagged Bureaucracy, Democrats, Mitt Romney, President Obama, Private Equity, Republicans, Romney Visits Solyndra, Solyndra | 20 Comments

A Tale of Two Julias

Posted on Monday, May 7, 2012 by Sean Patrick Hazlett

As Democrats continue to push their hyperbolic “War on Women,” something actually useful has resulted from the exchange between Republicans and Democrats. I would like to thank both the World in Motion and Doubleplusgood Infotainment blogs for making me aware … Continue reading →

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Posted in Blogging, Education, Finance and Economics, Healthcare, Media, Policy, Politics | Tagged A Better Life for Julia, Democrats, Ideology, Mitt Romney, President Obama, Republicans, The Heritage Foundation, The Life of Julia, War on Women | 63 Comments

Bush vs. Obama: Unemployment (April 2012 Jobs Data)

Posted on Friday, May 4, 2012 by Sean Patrick Hazlett

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Posted in Business, Finance and Economics, Media, Policy, Politics | Tagged Bush vs. Obama, President Bush, President Obama, Unemployment | 27 Comments

Barack Obama: Osama Slayer

Posted on Monday, April 30, 2012 by Sean Patrick Hazlett

Since everything seems to come in threes, it seems both Republicans and Democrats are now fighting over another ridiculous campaign non-issue beside the “war on women” and the “war on dogs”: the slaying of Osama bin Laden. On the one … Continue reading →