Don’t Cheer the Reaper
Scene: a rural hospital in the Congo. A man lies on a bed, vomiting, bleeding, dying. He is only the first: already three more with …
Scene: a rural hospital in the Congo. A man lies on a bed, vomiting, bleeding, dying. He is only the first: already three more with …
That supreme satirist William Schwenk Gilbert – of Gilbert and Sullivan fame – once remarked that “things are seldom what they seem – skim milk …
In Paris and Nantes, a student revolt simmered for months, then boiled over in May of 1968. Students and activists of that generation became known …
Imagine, if you will, that tomorrow at noon, possession of marijuana is slated to become legal Not just decriminalized, but made completely lawfuL Should the …
While checking out of a hotel room the other day, I noticed that the room rate posted on the back of the door was way …
Those of us who recall exposes of the historic financial acumen of the Roman Catholic Church remain puzzled why it allowed a pope to stay·in …
Harry Browne (1933- 2006), twice presidential candidate of the Libertarian Party, died on March 1 at his home in Franklin, Tenn. He had fought Lou …
The United States, with only 4% of global petroleum reserves, uses fully 25% of the world’s petroleum each year. That imbalance translates into approximately $250,000 …
A prominent historian, David Irving, has been arrested in Austria. He’s an Englishman but they grabbed him as he happened to be passing through the …
Michael Tanner a Cato health care expert, writes: “Because cancer is a slow-moving and expensive disease to treat, it is not cost-effective under socialized medicine …