Category: Reflections

As I write, America’s chattering classes are wondering, worrying, and waiting with bated breath to see whether President Obama’s pick for Supreme Court Justice, New …

In a recent interview, President Obama said he doesn’t want to be in the auto or banking business, and I recall Bush saying that he …

The results are now in from India’s general election. It was widely believed that the outcome would be a hung parliament. Instead, Sonia Gandhi’s Congress …

As if to prove that the Republican Party is as virulently socialist as the Democratic, California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger is doing his bit to push …

I glanced at Fox News on May 8,2009, coming across Sean Hannity’s new format, specifically his panel discussion segment. They were talking about the torture …

A meme that has been circulating lately is that if you are not onboard with Obama’s Supreme Court appointment, you are anti-intellectual. This grows so …

Even before Ben Bernanke and Ted Geithner were born, the great libertarian economist Ludwig von Mises explained the causes of the boom-bust trade cycle and …

Among the current administration’s many alarming big-government initiatives is universal healthcare. There are many arguments, both familiar and meritorious, against the government’s taking over the …

President Obama promises that his healthcare plan will be efficient and save money. Exactly what in his past gives anyone the assurance that this is …

One of the opinion journals I most love to read is the plucky City Journal, published quarterly by a center-right thinktank called the Manhattan Institute. …