HispanicPundit has been nice enough to let me post on his blog while he is away. I used to have a blog in which I posted my political rants, but had to take it down. Showing your political hand as a grad student proved too risky. However, I am a tenure-track professor […]
Archive for October, 2008
Oct31st2008
Though most of my family was born and raised in a small town in Guerrero, Mexico, I personally have never been. As a child my dad would make fun of me saying that I would never survive more than a couple days. Where he grew up they still didn’t have electricity, hot water, or most […]
Oct30th2008
Election day does not just involve elections at the federal level, state elections are also important. So I bring to you California propositions that are important to me and my thoughts and recommendations. Proposition information is from the LA Times here.
Proposition 4
Amends the state Constitution to require a physician to notify a minor patient’s parent […]
Oct30th2008
Obama Vs His Economic Advisors On Health Care
Published by in Economics, HealthCare and ModernPolitics. 0 CommentsAbout a month ago I wrote a post titled, “Obama Vs His Economic Advisors On Health Policy” where I argued that Obama’s criticism of McCain’s health care policy was disingenuous at best because Obama’s very own health care advisors have advocated the same policy.
The WSJ has just picked up on the same thing:
Mr. Obama’s […]
Oct29th2008
Whatever your answer is, you need to take this into consideration.
Oct29th2008
“What kind of America do we want our beloved nation to be? Barack Obama’s America is one in which being human just isn’t enough to warrant care and protection. It is an America where the unborn may legitimately be killed without legal restriction, even by the grisly practice of partial-birth abortion. It is an America […]
Oct28th2008
“Barack Obama is the most extreme pro-abortion candidate ever to seek the office of President of the United States. He is the most extreme pro-abortion member of the United States Senate. Indeed, he is the most extreme pro-abortion legislator ever to serve in either house of the United States Congress.” — Robert George, professor […]
Oct27th2008
“For the Obama Democrats, a tax cut is no longer letting you keep more of what you earn. In their lexicon, a tax cut includes tens of billions of dollars in government handouts that are disguised by the phrase “tax credit.” Mr. Obama is proposing to create or expand no fewer than seven such credits […]
Oct24th2008
“Saying that “greed” caused today’s problems is like saying that gravity caused the death of someone pushed from the top floor of the Empire State building. Some things are sufficiently constant in human affairs - and self-interest, even greed, is among them - that they explain nothing. “Greed” certainly can be unleashed to do […]
Oct23rd2008
The Super Rich Support Obama
Published by in (modern day) Liberalism and ModernPolitics. 10 CommentsThe WSJ blog writes:
According to a new survey by Prince & Associates, voters worth $1 million to $10 million are favoring Sen. John McCain, while voters worth $30 million or more are favoring Sen. Barack Obama. The survey of 493 families showed:
More than three quarters of those worth $1 million to $10 million plan to […]
Oct22nd2008
Fighting Corrupt Teachers Unions In Mexico
Published by in Economics, Education, Hispanics (Minority Issues), LatinAmerica and Unions. 3 CommentsMexican President Felipe Calderon is doing his part in fighting teachers unions corruption:
Tens of thousands of teachers are blocking highways and seizing government buildings across Mexico to protest a federal education reform ending their longtime practice of selling their jobs or giving them to their children.
In central Morelos state, where opposition is centered, about 20,000 […]
Oct21st2008
We need more Republicans to stand up against intolerant “McCain supporters”.
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McCain has done it, more supporters need to do it!
Oct21st2008
Break The Link Between Employer And Healthcare
Published by in Economics, HealthCare and ModernPolitics. 2 CommentsJeff Jacoby, writing in the Boston Globe, writes:
An end to employer-based health insurance is exactly what the American healthcare market needs. Far from being a calamity, it would represent a giant step toward ending the current system’s worst distortions: skyrocketing premiums, lack of insurance portability, widespread ignorance of medical prices, and overconsumption of health services.
With […]
Oct20th2008
20/20 Politically Incorrect Guide To Politics
Published by in Capitalism, Economics and ModernPolitics. 4 CommentsAppeared on Fridays 20/20, a must watch series, reproduced below:
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Oct20th2008
“What we didn’t hear to questions like “How much should the federal government be spending on education?” was a (constitutionally) honest reply like “not a dime. Unless the American people want to amend the constitution to give the federal government the power to meddle in education, it has no authority to do a single thing […]
Oct17th2008
“As for healthcare, Sen. Obama ceaselessly attacks Sen. McCain for advocating the elimination of tax breaks for employer-provided health insurance. It is difficult to square this position with that of Obama’s chief economic advisor, Jason Furman, who recently published a paper that argues that this tax break is a scam that benefits the rich while […]
