Pick Your Poison
Every once in a while I am asked, “If you had to choose a form of government under which to live, which would it be?” …
Every once in a while I am asked, “If you had to choose a form of government under which to live, which would it be?” …
On March 18, President Obama signed the $17.5 billion Hiring Incentives to Restore Employment Act (HR 2487), or HIRE. On page 27, it includes an …
USA Today reports (April 2) the results of an interesting survey just published in the Annals of Internal Medicine. The survey asked people whether they …
The Sarbanes-Oxley Act, a statist indulgence passed in the wake of the Enron financial accounting scandal, requires publicly-traded companies to make announcements whenever they rea- …
Women can’t get any satisfaction these days. Yet another report, this by the American Association of University Women (AAUW), asks why there are so few …
The welfare state grows when envy convinces voters that governments can take from the rich and give to the poor, thus increasing the size of …
Well, I celebrated too soon. I admit it. In a previous Reflection, I celebrated the fact that Obama had withdrawn radical labor lawyer Craig Becker …
A specter is haunting Al Gore and friends. No, it’s not global warming with its scary tornados, sea level rises, and species extinctions. It is …
Obama’s man in Afghanistan has made an astonishing admission. In a comment on American checkpoints, General Stanley McChrystal said: “We have shot an amazing number …
I have always enjoyed thought experiments and other mind games that breakthrough habits of thinking or offer unusual insights. It is just plain fun to …