Richard W. Rahn

RAHN: When regulators break their own rules

Do you think people in government are more or less honest than those in the private sector? Published August 18, 2014

RAHN: Switzerland, a country that works

Switzerland is not perfect, but as countries go, it is hard to find one that is much better. Published August 11, 2014

RAHN: When money mischief goes global

Do you want the Obama administration sharing all of your financial information with the Russian, Chinese and Saudi Arabian governments? Published July 28, 2014

RAHN: Government corruption on the rampage

The Obama administration is arguably the most corrupt administration in U.S. history. Published July 21, 2014

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? Published 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. Published 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? Published 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. Published 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. Published June 16, 2014

RAHN: So many bad decisions, so little time

Would you have traded five terrorists for Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl? Published 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. Published 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? Published 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." Published 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? Published 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." Published 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? Published 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. Published 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? Published 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. Published April 7, 2014