The Save the Big Three Foundation
It is my understanding that the new energy bill making its way through Congress promises a prize for the inventor of a car that will …
Category: Reflections
Becktionary
What to make of Glenn Beck, Fox phenom? He invites libertarians on his show (I’ve seen Sheldon Richman once and Randy Barnett three times) and …
Riding the Dog
President Obama’s $100-billion high-speed rail plan faces an unexpected threat. It is called the bus. At least 14 bus companies compete directly with Amtrak’s high-speed …
Protean President
Obama is a man of many personae, none of them particularly admirable. There is MessiahBama, the man who arrogantly presents himself as the embodiment of …
Neverland
America lost the self-proclaimed “King of Pop” on June 25, and suddenly people rushed out to mourn him. In Los Angeles, fans circled around a …
Sonya’s Short Term?
There is a jarringly obvious angle of Judge Sotomayor’s nomination to the Supreme Court that has unaccountably been ignored: her medical history. When I noted …
It’s a Process
The Leviathan is a transformational creature. It consumes good ideas and defecates ridiculous laws. A generation ago, Milton Freidman proposed a system of tradable pollution …
A License to Live
President Obama and Congress want to ensure that everyone has health insurance. At this writing, one of the methods under consideration to bring this about …
High Court Hypocrisy
Republicans are not only hypocrites; they are predictable hypocrites. Although there may be good reasons for Republicans to have questioned the nomination of Sonia Sotomayor …
Disease Vector
Though swine flu has yet to much harm in the United States, it is not only Mexico and parts south that are suffering. The virus …