Author: John Hawkins

Have you ever heard of the Tragedy of the Commons? It’s a classic lesson of economics that was, believe it or not, best summarized by an eco-hippie named Garrett Hardin: The tragedy of the commons develops in this way. Picture a pasture open to all. It is to be expected that each herdsman will try […]

You can barely look at a political website these days without reading a post about the Tea Party movement. Of course, we’ve heard plenty from liberals. “They’re fascist-racist KKK-Nazis!” The Rockefeller Republicans have tut-tutted their opinions from the cocktail circuit as well, “Egads! Some of these people look as if they shop at Wal-Mart!” However, […]

Right after Obamacare passed, I realized that if the GOP managed to take back Congress, it wasn’t going to be possible to immediately repeal the bill. Moreover, without 60 votes in the Senate, I knew it was going to be extremely difficult to make any significant changes to it before it went into effect. So, […]

The more you expect from politics, the more you will be disappointed. That’s because the government does very few things well and the politicians who tell you otherwise are inevitably shameless liars. So, why do people insist that our government engage in activities it does poorly and was never intended to do in the first […]

It is a great honor to be here at the first inaugural Tabicon 2010, which is being thrown by my close personal friend Tabitha Hale. I understand Freedomworks also has some small role or another in putting on this event; so I’d like to thank them for their efforts as well — whatever they may […]