When They Came for the Holocaust Deniers
David Irving is back in the news. Austria’s highest court has rejected the historian’s appeal and upheld his conviction for denial of the Holocaust. Amazing! …
Fuel Transition Supervisor
Whenever some cantankerous critic knocks the governance of New Jersey, no matter his size or musculature, I always stand up and defend the Garden State. …
Helmet, or Cellmate
I am so proud of my state, Alabama. Our governor has a click it or ticket ad on TV where in he officially urges us …
A Fistful of Nickels
Economists like Paul Krugman love to talk about the desperate lot of those who somehow can’t board the carousel of capitalism. No brass rings for …
Running the Numbers
The other night was a rarity: I actually learned something from TV. The History Channel was recounting a lottery scandal of some years back in …
Media Masqurerade
That supreme satirist William Schwenk Gilbert – of Gilbert and Sullivan fame – once remarked that “things are seldom what they seem – skim milk …
Bring Back Cal
My good friend Herb says that government is the only burglar that can steal a wage-earners money without benefit of weapons or superior strength. Furthermore, …
Living in Denial
A prominent historian, David Irving, has been arrested in Austria. He’s an Englishman but they grabbed him as he happened to be passing through the …
The Bell Tolls Still
The year was 1898. Uncle Sam wanted to fight a musical comedy war with Spain. Safe and short. A nobody-gets-hurt war. But in those years …
Fair Trade
I’m a 93% libertarian and a 96% patriot. That’s why I curse the Alabama legislature’s proposal to mount cameras at traffic intersections, but view with …