Sowell on the Minumum Wage

The continuing battle on minimum wage ignores the obvious, that the minimum wage gambit is about the union contracts already in place, that provide for an increase in the wage for the union workers based on minimum wage increases.
Separate from that, entry level workers are not looking for the wage that will make them able to support a family and live a life, they are looking for a start.
I had a simple little job as a young person–certainly nothing to keep me going for my life, but also something that allowed me to get going.
Continue reading Sowell on the Minumum Wage

Henry I. Miller and Greg Conko–Stop the Idiocy

Opposition to Genetic Modification (GM) or genetically engineered (GE) food crops has developed an undeserved status as a priority in the enviro fanatics world, considering that they are preventing important food improvements.
The anti GM GE movement is causing great harm.
Continue reading Henry I. Miller and Greg Conko–Stop the Idiocy

Golden Rice Makes Sense

The Greenpeace fanatics on Genetic Modification have been condemning golden rice, which is modified to have vitamin A.
Problem is some people have a monochromatic diet. That produces deficiencies that other countries don’t see.
http://acsh.org/2014/01/64151/

Cooling is a Scary Thing–Not Good for Living things

Winter kills so if winters are longer, people will suffer.
What about crops if the growing season is diminished?
http://m.washingtonexaminer.com/do-we-face-a-disastrous-century-due-to-global-cooling/article/2542452?custom_click=rss

IBD Lays it On the Line–Enviros are Totalitarians

Recently we commented on a number of people, Krugman, Figueres, who said a good totalitarian state gets things done.
This attached essay is one reason that Milloy and I think very highly of IBD, not to mention IBD has published Milloy’s commentary.
Thanks to Joe Bast at Heartland for the link.
http://news.investors.com/ibd-editorials/011614-686713-climate-change-a-back-door-to-communism-and-the-united-nations-admits-it.htm

Single Payor Healthcare Mediocrity and Rationing in the UK

John Goodman’s tale of things going south in the UK.
I ran an HMO one time in my life–CEO and Medical Director.
In a managed single source healthcare system you can always control costs by limiting access, appointments available, phone lines–use your imagination.
http://www.ncpa.org/sub/dpd/index.php?Article_ID=24012&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=DPD

Fungal Meningitis and FDA Malfeisance

Problem of FDA Failure to monitor the compounding of a pharmaceutical preparation.
One of the authors is my friend Jerry Arnett, physician from West Virginny.