I thought I had heard of just about every injunction under the sun, but a news story this week made my jaw drop. A federal judge temporarily forbade the Veterans Affairs Department from publicizing an offer of free credit monitoring…
Fed needs steady hand on helm
Give Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke a good shave and he’d look a lot like British Adm. John Jellicoe. The resemblance doesn’t end there: Jellicoe was bright, confident and self-effacing, and so is Bernanke. This reassures me when I think…
Economics, morals both factor into regulations
Monday’s tragic apartment fire in St. Paul highlights an ongoing debate about what government should regulate. The fire started in a house subdivided into five apartments. Seven people out of the 20 or more people living in the house were…
Governors can’t do much to economy
Elected officials don’t have the economic power most people think. State leaders have even less influence than those in Washington, D.C. Minnesota governors can do little to alter economic conditions despite claims to the contrary. Keep these reassuring thoughts in…