Exiting the Road to Damnation
Libertarianism may not be setting the world of electoral politics alight, but it continues to be the source of tremendous intellectual vitality – a fact …
Category: Reflections
If Cigarettes are Outlawed
About a month ago, I took up a new habit: smoking. I don’t like it – as a matter of fact, I hate it – …
W. Cleon Skousen, R.I.P.
My uncle, W. Cleon Skousen, died on Jan. 9, 2006, at the age of 92. He influenced millions of lives, especially out West, as a …
Blue-Eyed Blond Seeks Same
I regularly get our so-called”alternative newspaper” although it’s really neither; it’s more like a “yuppie infotainment events calendar.” I remember not too long ago when …
Drug Wars
On Dec. 5, three Democratic representatives wrote a letter supporting the importation and domestic sale of drugs manufactured under “compulsory license.” Compulsory license is a …
Once and For All
As this issue goes to press, Sam Alito is being questioned by the Senate judiciary committee. Predictably, several senators have asked for the nominee’s thoughts …
Pope In Quandary About Limbo
ROME – After 30 prominent theologians who met in the Vatican in December agreed that it’s time for the Roman Catholic doctrine of limbo to …
None Aboard
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 …
Unitarian Creed
In signing the Defense Appropriations bill that contained the McCain antitorture amendment, the president proclaimed that “The executive branch shall construe … [the section of …
The Winds Have Ears
Your cell phone records are available to anyone, online, for a fee! On Jan. 12, AmericaBlog had a post entitled 1 / AmericaBlog just bought …