Category: Reflections

I don’t understand why anyone would ever look to the government for food and shelter. There are only three kinds of animals on earth who …

In a couple recent National Review Online columns, Jonah Goldberg has once again tried to figure out libertarianism, and once again failed. You’ll recall that …

The Sept. 11 attacks and the U.S. military response in Afghanistan are both easily seen. What is generally unseen is the joint responsibility of New …

Like anyone who enjoys Rand’s novels, I get a thrill when corporations have the guts to defend themselves in the court of public opinion. Galt …

Supporters of the light-rail claim that it will relieve congestion, but that is not what I saw in a column of numbers from the Texas …

Andrew Sullivan writes that the war on terrorism has “discombobulated” libertarians. He has a point. Do defenders of liberty side with the state, because it …

Randolph Bourne famously observed that “war is the health of the state.” The present undeclared war against the Taliban government of Afghanistan and the stateless …

There is very little more annoying than a telemarketing call. I earn my way in this world by telling jokes, and I eagerly anticipate every …

About 40 years ago, a palindromic professor named Revilo P. Oliver came up with the weirdest theory I had ever heard: Adolf Hitler was a …

South Park and,l have had an off-and-on relationship. When the cartoon series first came on TV, I couldn’t get enough of it. I loved its …