Category: Reflections

Economists like Paul Krugman love to talk about the desperate lot of those who somehow can’t board the carousel of capitalism. No brass rings for …

Well, surprise, surprise! The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation has gone from a $10 billion surplus in 2000 to a $23 billion deficit in 2005, and …

The traditional Israeli response to, say, the assassination of its Olympic team or the kidnapping of a soldier has been selective retaliation by its intelligence …

In an effort to show the merits of free-market capitalism, there are some who point out how vital to the existence of wealth are the …

President Bush was disingenuous, to say the least, in inviting babies born from embryos fertilized in vitro to the White House to watch him veto …

It may sound sexist but, as most people know, women drivers are laggards when it comes to starting their cars. A male driver will be …

Religious fanatics have been using natural phenomena to frighten the ignorant into submission since the dawn of time. Primitives used things like eclipses as an …

I am so proud of my state, Alabama. Our governor has a click it or ticket ad on TV where in he officially urges us …

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 …