Category: Reflections

I want to take a moment to note with sadness the recent death of a remarkable man, Norman Jay Levitt (1943-2009). Levitt was a brilliant …

Gary Johnson, former governor of New Mexico (1995-2003), is the most pro-liberty politician of any prominence. It looks as if he may be considering a …

It was a rotten year, politically speaking. It didn’t start out so badly; I was not unhappy about Obama’s election. The Republicans had abandoned all …

The Obama White House stumbled this fall when it issued an ill-advised press release claiming that the $787 billion federal economic stimulus plan had “created …

British economist John Maynard Keynes (1883-1946) is all the rage these days. Time magazine rated him the number 1 economist of the 20th century, and …

Once again it’s almost that magical time of year – that’s right, time for the convention catalog of the Modern Language Association to thud into …

I have occasionally used Reflections to inform readers about free-market publications and thinktanks with which they might have been unacquainted. I would like to do …

I have several pets – dogs, cats, horses. Some of my pets are fat, but they are all, I believe, happy. They rely on me …

The proposed “public option” for health insurance has raised fears about how it might crowd out private insurance and so worsen the options open to …

Economists understand (or should) the distinction between what often is true or desirable in the short run and what is true or desirable in the …