Category: Reflections

In May 2004, the price of a house in my hometown was going up by about 1% each month. At the time, my wife and …

Libertarian businessman Peter Schiff recently suffered a dismal loss in the Republican primary for senator in Connecticut, after a heroic run in which he gathered …

Ultra marathons are endurance- defying races of 50 or 100 miles. One of the toughest and most (in)famous of these races starts in Death Valley …

As we’re going to press for this issue, there’s a lively debate among economists about whether the United States is more likely to face deflation …

The latest news on the U.S. Postal Service is not happy news. In the most recent quarter, the USPS saw its losses increase to $3.5 …

Amid much hoopla, the Obama-backed financial regulation bill (“Finreg”) finally passed Congress and was signed into law by a gloating president. Supposedly, it was crafted …

It just occurred to me that the same type of people who want national healthcare prefer drinking bottled water. Why do they trust the government …

The 2010 November elections are going to be very important, and I believe that libertarians should vote for the Republican rather than the Libertarian Party. …

A year and a half into the Obama presidency, I, as neither Republican nor Democrat, am struck by how much he resembles not Jimmy Carter, …

This August, New Jersey did away with every aspect of car inspections except emissions testing. New Jersey inspections used to include checking brakes, tires, lights, …