Category: Reflections

Stendhal famously said that he wrote for “the happy few.” Meanwhile it’s the unhappy few who have been causing most of the trouble since about …

Rumor mills were abuzz in the nation’s capital over the White House’s 24-hour news blackout regarding the Cheney “hunting accident.” Not since Richard Nixon’s infamous …

The Journal of Ayn Rand Studies (JARS) just completed its seventh year of publication. When the journal was first published, we knew we had our …

One of the reasons I’ve heard for continuing the Amtrak subsidy is that passenger rail saves energy. Why does anyone think that running empty passenger …

In signing the Defense Appropriations bill that contained the McCain antitorture amendment, the president proclaimed that “The executive branch shall construe … [the section of …

Your cell phone records are available to anyone, online, for a fee! On Jan. 12, AmericaBlog had a post entitled 1 / AmericaBlog just bought …

I strongly support efficient urban transit systems, but transit officials seem intent on giving people more reasons not to ride transit: • In Denver, a …

I’m always suspicious (disgusted, actually) when I see a large American corporation legally paying off politicians, or when politicians anticipate a legal payoff by lavishing …

I’m a 93% libertarian and a 96% patriot. That’s why I curse the Alabama legislature’s proposal to mount cameras at traffic intersections, but view with …

Judge Samuel Alita, responding to a question from Sen. Arlen Specter about whether courts should declare laws unconstitutional because of Congress’ “method of reasoning,” replied: …