Richard W. Rahn

RAHN: How Congress lost control of government spending

Did you know that the portion of the federal budget that Congress actually votes on (the discretionary budget) has been falling for years?

July 14, 2014

RAHN: The end of the progressive income tax

July 1 might go down in history as the beginning of the end of the comprehensive, progressive income tax.

July 7, 2014

RAHN: An act of economic strangulation

Do you know why the U.S. economy shrank almost 3 percent in the first quarter of this year?

June 30, 2014

RAHN: Global warming believers deny reality

Much of the media treat those who are skeptics about man-made global warming with the pejorative term "global-warming deniers," as if they were Holocaust deniers.

June 23, 2014

RAHN: Reducing the risk of oil price spikes

You may have noticed gasoline prices are rising. If the Middle East situation gets much worse, gasoline prices will rise even more.

June 16, 2014

RAHN: So many bad decisions, so little time

Would you have traded five terrorists for Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl?

June 9, 2014

RAHN: How fracking has saved Obama

Without fracking of oil and gas deposits, there would have been no economic growth in the U.S. over the past five years.

June 2, 2014

RAHN: Financial tyranny against political enemies

If you were a political leader who wanted to control the population, but wanted to do it without using brute force, how would you do it?

May 26, 2014

RAHN: Recalling the Reagan-Kemp vision

What is the Republican Party's vision for America? You may have a hard time answering other than "not President Obama and his policies."

May 19, 2014

RAHN: Economic freedom versus big government

Do you think there would be more jobs, less poverty and higher real incomes if government was 60 percent or 18 percent of gross domestic product?

May 12, 2014

RAHN: No Western counter to Russia’s Ukraine gambit

Most wars result from at least one side overestimating its chances of success and one or more of the sides not having a clear "endgame."

May 5, 2014

RAHN: Making Congress accountable through candidate pledges

Have you noticed that many political candidates, when running for office, claim they are going to make government less corrupt, irrational, incompetent and burdensome?

April 28, 2014

RAHN: The global-warming apocalypses that didn’t happen

You may have noticed that the predicted disaster 92 years ago did not happen, nor have other predicted catastrophes from the global-warming crowd.

April 21, 2014

RAHN: Abusive civil asset-forfeiture laws

Do you think the Internal Revenue Service and other government agencies should have the right to seize your assets, including your bank accounts, when you have not been convicted of wrongdoing?

April 14, 2014

RAHN: Why do we still use paper money?

Paper currency is dirty and is a major transmitter of disease as it goes from unwashed hand to unwashed hand. It is easily lost and stolen, and can be easily destroyed by getting wet or burned.

April 7, 2014

RAHN: Greece shows how far an economy can fall

How far can a modern economy sink?

March 31, 2014

RAHN: Anti-money laundering surveillance hurts banking services

To whom would you be willing to trust with all of your financial and tax information: close family members or the U.S. government and foreign governments, including Russia?

March 24, 2014

RAHN: How the Greens help Putin in Crimea incursion

The eco-left's opposition to oil and gas use leaves Ukraine at the mercy of Russia

March 17, 2014

RAHN: The responsibility to resist fiscally irresponsible politicians

Are you more responsible than your government? If so, what can you do about it?

March 10, 2014

RAHN: Legal and illegal political corruption

If a politician or government official takes a direct monetary bribe for granting a favor or sweetheart contract, do you think he should be sent to prison? Such an activity is despicable, but it is usually far less costly to society than the legal forms of corruption.

March 3, 2014