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Vitty Nonsense
A couple of days ago, Louisiana’s junior Senator, David Vitter, penned an article for the National Review about why the President should read Adam Smith’s Wealth of Nations in order to understand offshore oil drilling. Or something like that. Quoting: The Wealth of Nations is a treasure trove of principles that are at the heart of America’s exceptionalism and unparalleled economic success. Adam Smith realized something revolutionary for his time: The wealth of nations is not dependent on finite factors like the precious metals nations possess. Rather, it is determined by the labor of their citizenry and how productively that…
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T-P
On January 14th, 2011, The Times-Picayune, which, infrequently, is a fantastic newspaper, failed miserably. They were almost onto something about cuts in education, until they said this: The Board of Regents still needs to come up with a plan for a higher education system that our state’s economy can sustain for the long run. And lawmakers need to recognize that they have been part of the problem, as when they upgraded LSU at Alexandria to four-year status in 2001, even though a public university exists in Natchitoches. To the Editorial Board of the prestigious Times-Picayune: Stop disparaging LSUA. You’re disrespecting their…
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Obama’s Speech in Tucson
Or link. To the families of those we’ve lost; to all who called them friends; to the students of this university, the public servants gathered tonight, and the people of Tucson and Arizona: I have come here tonight as an American who, like all Americans, kneels to pray with you today, and will stand by you tomorrow. There is nothing I can say that will fill the sudden hole torn in your hearts. But know this: the hopes of a nation are here tonight. We mourn with you for the fallen. We join you in your grief. And we add…
CenLamar | Est. 2006
