Against Politics

Toward a depoliticized society

Non-violent resistance to ObamaCare

The public debate about health care indicates that the advocates of the socialization of health care have little respect for arguments about paternalism, coercion or small government. This leaves opponents of socialized health care various options including, but not limited to, supporting candidates to repeal the legislation, challenges in court, nullification, or secession. The ultimate [...]

Thomas Woods on nullification

The end of health insurance

At Alternative Right Richard Hoste wonders whether the decision to turn insurance companies into public utilities that administer entitlements is a deliberate decision to destroy health insurance  in order to set the stage for further government involvement or simply reflects a poor understanding of economics: There are two possible explanations of what the Democrats are [...]

The voodoo science of stimulus

Most social “science”, and macroeconomic modeling in particular, suffers from serious epistemological and methodological problems.  In a recent article for Reason Peter Suderman discusses the questionable models that are used to evaluate the effects of the stimulus: According to the CBO’s estimates, depending on how the money is spent, one dollar of government spending can [...]

Ruthless authoritarianism

As evidenced by the 2010 Health Care Summit, the governing philosophy of the current Administration is one of paternalistic authoritarianism.  After giving the semblance  of listening to different perspectives, progressive policy makers conclude that health care is too important to leave to individual decision making and requires a top-down approach from the central government. As [...]