The United States is no longer "free."  That is not just a rant.  That is an objective assessment based on an analysis of 10 economic factors in 183 countries.The Heritage Foundation's 2010 Index of Economic Freedom is out, and the US slipped out of the "free" category and into the "mostly free" category, a category shared with 22 other countries such as Macau, Cyprus, Georgia and Botswana.  We are now behind seven other countries, including Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, Switzerland and Canada.  Yes, Canada.Just behind us, in the top 10, are Denmark and Chile.  The US scored 78.0 and Denmark scored 77.9.  Denmark.  We are virtually tied with Denmark.  And not much further behind, ranking 12 and 13 respectively, are Mauritius (an island just east of sub-Saharan Africa) and Bahrain (another island, in the Persian Gulf east of the Arabian peninsula).Just an observation, but being surrounded by ocean seems to...(Read Full Post)