Category: Reflections

Longtime members of the Libertarian Party – and even more so, former members of the LP who long ago dropped out – know that third …

Washington was one of seven states that allowed the sale of the “Plan B” antipregnancy drug before the FDA legalized it nationwide. In that state …

For three years now, the major news media have been bashing Bush with the allegation that he, or Chene~ or Rove, or someone else in …

When Medicare was enacted 40 years ago, it was intended to ensure vital medical care for those 65 and over. But things aren’t working out …

More evidence of a brain dearth at the L.A. Times surfaced in a July 27 article written by not one, but two Mollies: Molly Selvin …

In Washington state, where I live, the law prohibits a barkeep from serving alcohol to a person who appears to be intoxicated. It may therefore …

Given the theocratic passions of our day, with the so-called Party of God lobbing rockets into Israel and the ongoing battles here at home over …

Whenever some cantankerous critic knocks the governance of New Jersey, no matter his size or musculature, I always stand up and defend the Garden State. …

Ellsworth Toohey, the villain in Ayn Rand’s famous novel, “The Fountainhead,” is an intellectual foe of individualism. One of his ideas is that people need …

I’m tired of environmentalists who say we can easily reduce our nation’s energy consumption, but have no idea how to do it. I guarantee that …