Recommended reading

• This is probably the best commentary I have read on the London riots. Remind me again why the welfare state is considered compassionate?

• Here's a story that's been getting a lot of attention in the blogosphere: $.55 of every dollar spent on Chinese imports benefits US-based companies. While the US economy faces numerous problems, China isn't one of them.

• Apparently Americans would be a lot better off if they'd just shut up and listen to the experts. They're just too stupid to realize what's good for them. 

• Here's one regulation that should be scrapped and one program that should be ended. Rest assured they aren't the only ones. 

• During the health care debate one talking point put forward by our friends on the left was that Medicare has lower overhead than insurance companies -- evidence that the government can outperform the private sector in health care. The problem is that it isn't true.