Dr. Mark W. Hendrickson is an adjunct faculty member, economist, and fellow for economic and social policy with The Center for Vision & Values at Grove City College. http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MarkWHendrickson http://media.townhall.com/TownHall/icons/TH-feed-icon-128x128.gif http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MarkWHendrickson TownHall.com, Where your opinion counts. 128 Copyright (c) 2012 Townhall.com, A Salem Communications Web. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED jim.dearras@townhall.com (Jim De Arras) Sat, 12 May 2012 04:01:00 GMT Sat, 12 May 2012 04:01:00 GMT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss RSS.NET: http://www.rssdotnet.com/ The election of Socialist Party candidate Francois Hollande to the presidency of France epitomizes the sorry state of contemporary democracy. By that, I don't mean to imply that the French people should have voted for... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MarkWHendrickson/2012/05/12/reflections_on_the_french_election 81849ee3-143b-469d-a709-e1082692ef9d Sat, 12 May 2012 04:01:00 GMT Editor's note: A version of this article first appeared at Forbes.com With Rick Santorum having dropped out of the race, Mitt Romney is apparently the Republican nominee for POTUS, barring a "black swan" event... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MarkWHendrickson/2012/04/17/the_gop_a_party_in_flux 9b73e917-df34-4243-94e7-f44a60f57a74 Tue, 17 Apr 2012 17:56:00 GMT Realizing that his popularity may decline as the price of gasoline rises, President Obama is barnstorming the country, emphatically insisting that drilling for more oil isn't the cure for high gas prices and that wind... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MarkWHendrickson/2012/03/24/the_electionyear_politics_of_energy c2b13bfd-e350-4331-99e8-0147696eb091 Sat, 24 Mar 2012 04:01:00 GMT Reform in America's public schools occurs with seemingly glacial slowness. In the private sector, businesses (including schools) that provide a lousy product quickly lose customers. They either correct their... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MarkWHendrickson/2012/03/13/upheavals_in_american_education_the_start_of_something_big 65ff27b6-0f33-4681-ae3d-377f5f82295d Tue, 13 Mar 2012 20:03:00 GMT Those of you past a certain age may remember the old Art Linkletter show "Kids Say the Darndest [sic] Things." The one I still remember was when Linkletter asked a little boy if he looked like his daddy. "No," replied... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MarkWHendrickson/2012/03/08/people_say_the_darnedest_things a1edb3b6-c030-407b-ae2d-cfcca02ec154 Thu, 08 Mar 2012 16:40:00 GMT Three decades ago, Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher implemented a policy called "privatization" to rejuvenate the moribund economy of the United Kingdom. Like the United States today, the cost of a too-large... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MarkWHendrickson/2012/02/27/a_whiff_of_privatization 1f9970a7-3c44-4323-98d6-f887fc7f92b8 Mon, 27 Feb 2012 16:59:00 GMT Chances are, you've heard economics referred to as "the dismal science." That unflattering description is glib and catchy; it is also 100 percent wrong. Let me set the record straight and explain why economics-far from... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MarkWHendrickson/2012/02/07/economics_the_cheerful_science 9f763472-c631-4d3f-824f-450a38d2e03c Tue, 07 Feb 2012 17:00:00 GMT On Tuesday evening, I had the honor of attending the State of the Union address as the guest of Congressman Mike Kelly (PA-03). Here are my impressions in abbreviated form: The address seemed more like a rewrite of... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MarkWHendrickson/2012/01/27/the_state_of_the_union_an_inside_report 9fbe0043-a7ae-4319-b98a-6c7b1313dd4d Fri, 27 Jan 2012 16:35:00 GMT When Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney casually estimated that his effective tax rate is around 15 percent, progressives immediately pounced on the issue. To this ideological minority with its Ahab-like... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MarkWHendrickson/2012/01/26/the_tax_rate_scandal 86bc8c8f-0665-4477-94e4-cf523c08b36b Thu, 26 Jan 2012 15:35:00 GMT Let's have a happy debate: What are the five best Christmas movies of all time? Obviously, tastes differ and change over time. Here are my five favorites, the ones I am willing to watch every Christmas season, starting... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MarkWHendrickson/2011/12/24/the_five_best_christmas_movies_and_the_gift_of_grace_and_renewal cd5bc525-789f-42a0-b4c1-834d7c30062e Sat, 24 Dec 2011 05:01:00 GMT Barry Bonds' Dec. 16 sentencing for obstruction of justice is an anticlimactic addendum to a sterling, though marred, baseball career. Without a doubt, Bonds was a great hitter who didn't need performance-enhancing... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MarkWHendrickson/2011/12/20/barry_and_the_babe 6084908e-f33a-48e7-82e4-e50bdafb6415 Tue, 20 Dec 2011 05:01:00 GMT In a recent piece for the Wall Street Journal, Andy Stern, an Obama insider and one of organized labor's more aggressive personalities, praised what he called "China's superior economic model." Does China have a... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MarkWHendrickson/2011/12/11/chinas_superior_economic_model 033c5f3c-a866-4e54-b7ea-63edf53752c0 Sun, 11 Dec 2011 05:01:00 GMT On Tuesday, November 15, Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas visited Grove City College. I had a choice to make-whether to meet him or attend to the tons of work I had to finish before several looming deadlines. I... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MarkWHendrickson/2011/12/01/when_clarence_thomas_came_for_a_visit cb80249a-fb66-45ca-81a2-edc970a2d88b Thu, 01 Dec 2011 05:01:00 GMT A barrage of news headlines on the Solyndra scandal continue to remind us that President Obama made green jobs one of his administration's priorities. Those headlines also reveal this initiative to have been a costly... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MarkWHendrickson/2011/11/17/green_fiascoes_and_boondoggles 61c8b7d2-b0d9-4744-925b-8b953ebc9ba0 Thu, 17 Nov 2011 16:01:00 GMT In economics, the first lesson I teach my pupils is the lesson of things that are seen and things that are not seen. Actions have some effects that are readily apparent and others are overlooked or not perceived. ... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MarkWHendrickson/2011/11/11/veterans_what_is_seen_and_what_is_not_seen b6deb61f-a3e2-4b48-9808-3c9a71823770 Fri, 11 Nov 2011 05:01:00 GMT