Category: Reflections

New York Times’ front page story on October 30, 2009, was headlined, “Economy Grew 3.5% .” It contained this surprise definition of Gross Domestic Product …

Much has been said lately about hope, some of it quite inspiring. The best passages give one the heady feeling that all things are possible, …

Ever since George McGovern took on Richard Nixon in the 1972 election, Republicans have tried to smear Democratic candidates as “card-carrying ACLU liberals.” While the …

British Sea Captain John Marshall sailed into my region of the world in 1788 and, despite the fact that there were thousands of people living …

Americans have been conditioned to value medical care more than it is worth. Medicine has become the new religion. People believe that doctors can prolong …

This year’s crop of Nobel Prizes in the sciences gives rise to some interesting thoughts. A comforting thought is that out of the nine winners, …

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 …