Category: Reflections

In Cindy Sheehan, my gener- ation finally has its own Hanoi Jane. Whether in Crawford camping out in a ditch with a bunch of hippies, …

goods and people around the world can be disruptive to settled ways of operating, especially in poorer countries with poorly developed financial and service sectors …

The implicit theme of the revelations about the fakery of authors J.T. LeRoy and James Frey is that publishers are easily deceived by stories they …

The recent passing of Arthur Seldon merits more than summary notice. Seldon was one of the leading libertarian voices in the 20th century. Though hardly …

According to the inspector general of the Department of Homeland Security, the federal government purchased 25,000 trailers at a cost of nearly $900 million as …

“I’ve asked why nobody saw it coming,” explained Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice regarding the striking victory by the militanto· group Hamas in the recent …

Decriminalizing hatred – The riots throughout the world by Muslim fundamentalists irate over the publication of cartoons of the Prophet display an unintended consequence of …

Twelve cartoons of Muhammad published in a Danish magazine sent Muslim fundamentalists into a frenzy. It is blasphemous to make any drawing of Muhammad, even …

James Carville said on talk radio that most Americans describe themselves as “socially liberal and economically conservative.” If that’s true, why isn’t the Libertarian Party …

The year was 1898. Uncle Sam wanted to fight a musical comedy war with Spain. Safe and short. A nobody-gets-hurt war. But in those years …