Category: Reflections

On May 8, the Republican Party of Maine gathered in Portland for its biannual convention. Among the routine functions of the convention was the adoption …

There have been few, and I mean few, substantial press reports about a recent appeal hearing concerning whether the alleged “Michigan militia” members pose a …

According to the AP, Hugo Chavez has a staff of 200 to manage his Twitter account, thus demonstrating why socialism always fails. Under government control …

Former President Bill Clinton has warned that there is Danger in the wave of anti-government rhetoric, and “that words apparently do matter.” This remark set …

Casey Lartigue, Jr., a freelance education consultant based in South Korea, noted in an Earth Day 2010 article, “There are too many people who think …

Libertarians may not get much respect, but they are getting attention. In April, I attended a meeting of humanities instructors (those who teach “the great …

Now that the global warming consensus is falling apart, or rather, it is becoming increasingly public knowledge that it never was a consensus at all, …

Consider this question from The New York Times/CBS poll of 1,580 adults, April 5–12, with a 3% margin of error: “Are Obama’s policies moving the …

So far, it has cost the U.S. Treasury $81 billion to keep the poorly run, union-screwed automakers GM and Chrysler alive. They are now basically …

In a recent article for the UK Sun, Simon Cowell (best known to Americans as the grumpy, sarcas- tic judge on “American Idol”) lamented the …