Category: Reflections

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, …

A recent article in Popular Mechanics discussed what I see as the beginning of the end for modern medicine. The antivenom for coral snakes will …

The iconoclastic Christopher Hitchens has been in the news, both because of his new autobiography, “Hitch-22,” and because he was recently diagnosed with esophageal cancer. …

An article by the always interesting Peter Huber in the excellent City Journal (Spring 2010) is well worth reading. It is about Stewart Brand, founder …

I watch C-SPAN while getting dressed in the morning. Callers address comments and questions to an official or expert in some field. The listener gets …

Some commentators have moaned that the public exposure of Journolist (a listserv group of snotty leftwing reporters, news producers, and other weenies) deals a mortal …

On July 15, Janet Napolitano, head of Homeland Security for the Obama administration, made the ultimate betrayal of her own state in favor of national …

On July 2, 2010, Sen. Robert Byrd was laid to rest in Charleston, West Virginia, where President Bill Clinton delivered a eulogy that, for the …

At FreedomFest this summer I took part in a debate where I was given five minutes to make a case for liberty without government, or …