Sunday, November 30, 2014

Most Popular Articles on www.CitizenEcon.com for November 2014

Following are the most popular articles linked on www.CitizenEcon.com (formerly HHCapitalism.com) for the month of November 2014.


Illinois’s Pension Absurdity (jumped to #1 in a single day and still counting...)
A judge rules that all benefits are forever, no matter the public cost.


Dr Walter E. Williams on Black Unemployment (#2, sustained since October 1)
Black unemployment has been double that of white Americans for more than 50 years. The black youth unemployment rate is more than 40 percent nationally. In some cities, unemployment for black working-age males is more than 50 percent.


Political Correctness Run Too Amok Even for the Grown-up Left (#3, sustained popularity since May 20)
Conservatives and Republicans are appalled by the depths to which political correctness has sunk on college campuses. But to their credit, prominent intellectuals of the Left also see the ridiculousness in how far the censorship has gone.


Howard Hyde Interviewed about Obamacare on Califonia Edition TV (#4)
Also: If you get the California Channel (in Southern California, Channel 177 on Time Warner Cable), tune in Thursday December 4 at 8:00AM or 8:00PM for another interview on the same show, discussing the results of the recent election. The YouTube link will be posted as soon as it is available.


Quote of the Day - Thomas Sowell (#5)
A few words of wisdom from one of this site's intellectual godfathers.


Obamacare is terminally ill. What next? (#6)
There are and always have been plenty of alternatives to socialized medicine. The task now is to get those alternatives into the public consciousness.


Technology enables leftists to win without courting center (#7)
The Democrats and the institutional left have a new political tool that allows them virtually to ignore moderates yet still win elections.


Obamacare bulldozes 250,000 health plans in Virginia (#8, sustained popularity since September 18)
Last week roughly 250,000 Virginians began receiving notices that their health insurance was being canceled because it failed to meet all the mandates and other regulatory requirements of Obamacare.
FWIW, the Editor's family's premium in California is increasing 25% from 2014 to 2015. How about yours?


Obamacare and the Gruber Firestorm: 17+ Stories (#9)
17 top stories about the MIT professor who pretended to be an unbiased scientist while concealing key truths about Obamacare, in order to advance the Obama agenda; and getting paid handsomely for it.


The Best of Post-Election 2014 Analysis (#10)
Two dozen of the best articles deconstructing the results of the recent election.