Taking one for the Teamsters
The American, Canadian, and Mexican governments are planning to revamp existing interstates and highways to create a ten-lane superhighway running from Mexico to Canada. One …
Propaganda up in Smoke
The Centers for Disease Control has discovered that teen smoking is on the rise for the first time since 1997. From 2004 to 2005, teen …
The Trouble with Command Economies
On June 26, Iran, the world’s fourth-largest producer of oil, announced that it will have to start rationing gas.
Drunknesse Oblige
Patrick Kennedy drove his Ford Mustang into a White House barricade, creating a big media stir which lasted about a week. The strangest part of …
Perpetual Refrain
The “Real Scotsman” fallacy is based on an old joke where MacGregor says to MacTavish, “Every Scotsman loves haggis.” MacTavish replies, ” I can’t stand …
Door Price
While checking out of a hotel room the other day, I noticed that the room rate posted on the back of the door was way …
Tilting at Windmills
I’ve heard a lot of environmental activists advocate a “New Manhattan Project” for finding an alternative to petroleum. It makes for a really tasty sound …
Members of One Body
It seems strange that Harry Browne’s untimely death would follow Bill Bradford’s so closely. Not long after the Libertarian Party lost its heart, it lost …
Ugly as Sin Tax
Nevada recently considered taxing prostitution, which would mean a change in rhetoric for those satirists who describe sex as the only tax-free vice left in …
Muslims, Meth, and Mexico
The latest version of the Patriot Act contains provisions for limiting the amount of cold medicine that a person can purchase at one time. Pseudoephedrine …