Category: Reflections

– Mandatory seat-belt laws are about public health – and maybe some other things. Consider a case from Washington state. In Everett, north of Seattle, …

In 1787 Alexander Tytler, a Scottish history professor, had this to say about the fall of the Athenian Republic some 2,000 years prior: A democracy …

If you think the annual American Economic Association (AEA) meetings are stuffy affairs of ivory-tower academics, think again. This year’s event was held in the …

The president recently vetoed an SCHIP funding bill and the Democrats trotted out a “victim” to try to put a face on the issue. Twelve-year-old …

Several kinds of behavior fall into a pattern when we see them as examples of the delusion of competence. Political position, fame, celebrity, or supposed …

The parade of televised U.S. presidential debates is ridiculously long, especially so early in the process – before even the first primaries. With so many …

One of the magic solu- tions for global warming pushed by those of greenish hue is wind power. The greenies tout wind power as a …

Norman Mailer is dead at 84. Demosthenes, when told of the death of Alexander the Great, said it could not be – for else the …

Another year has passed, and I have enlarged my carbon footprint by attending the 2007 edition of the Annual Conference of the Libertarian Alliance, in …

Can anyone explain the linger- ing campaign of former Sen. John Edwards? A less-apt candidate for the U.s. presidency would be hard to find. He’s …