Category: Reflections

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 …

In the tax reform debate, those who favor the flat tax have a decisive advantage: many countries now actually have flat tax systems, and we …

The first black president remains popular despite dubious economic policies, while the first black governor in New York state is unpopular, notwithstanding his more responsible …

In a recent exhaustive interview “In Depth” on C-SPAN, Bill Ayres introduced a category, new to me, of “descendants of enslaved peoples” deserving special consideration. …

In a recent article for Reason (“Putting Stars Behind Bars,” April), William Anderson and Candice Jackson make note of federal prosecutors’ increased proclivity to criminalize …

On an operational level, the Obama administration is practically indistinguishable from the immediately previous Bush administration, which was pretty mendacious. To paraphrase The Who’s Pete …

President Obama has made a fetish of promising gazillions of “green jobs,” that is, new jobs that will supposedly flow from his environmentalist program. He …

It’s strange but true: whenever there’s a Big Murder in America, and there’s an investigation and a scandal, most of the participants in the affair …

On May 29 Venezuela’s President Hugo Chavez declared a marathon edition of his weekly TV talk show, “Alo Presidente” (“Hello President”), to celebrate its 10th …

I have reflected before on how California and states like it appear to be serving as incubators of statist pestilence. Californians (and New Yorkers) vote …