Don’t Default on Me
The Greek bond crisis prompted free-market fantasies of a Treasury default. On Forbes magazine’s May 24 web page, columnist John Tamny suggested that default was …
Race Baited
Ron Paul, on the eve of his first test in a real election, was hit in January 2008 by an article in The New Republic …
Pick Two
The “top two” system of primary elections, which was put to voters in California on June 8, has been in effect for two election cycles …
Buying Consent
A Republican candidate for U.S. Senate in the state of Washington, Clint Didier, made the front page of the Seattle Times on May 18, because …
Judgment Call
Three things caught my eye about this book. The first was the statement in the subtitle that Wall Street had betrayed capitalism. The second was …
Naming Names
On April 28, 2010, the U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments in the case of Doe v. Reed. Friends of the court on one side included …
Time Unripe
Libertarians were cheered when Ron Paul won the presidential straw poll at the Conservative Political Action Conference in February. But Paul started his speech to …
Senseless in Seattle
On February 12, Judge Catherine Shaffer of King County Superior Court threw out Seattle’s ban on carrying a gun at a city park, golf course, …
Alverna’s World: A Small Town in 1920
Once there was a world of few regulations and no welfare state. There were rules, of course, but there was considerable flexibility in the application …
Redefining the Market
“I am an ardent believer in the free market.” An ardent believer. So said President Obama to the Business Roundtable on Feb. 24. “You create …