Category: Reflections

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

A December 16 headline on MSNBC: “GM to stop paying into some workers’ 401(k)s: Auto giant tells white-collar workers it will suspend matching contributions.” The …

“0 tempora, a mores,” lamented a Roman kibitzer named Cicero about two millennia ago. Oh the times, oh the customs! He thought the “civilized” world …

On a hillside in the midst of the giant Crown Hill Cemetery on the north side of Indianapolis, surrounded by nondescript foliage, not facing the …

I just received word that Ayn Rand’s novels, along with my book “The Making of Modern Economics,” have been pulled from the shelves of the …

Only 18 House Republicans voted against the reauthorization of the Patriot Act in December 2005, including two who had voted against the Iraq war resolution …