On: 07/16/2008 22:08:38 In: First Amendment “Your work is ingenious. It’s quality work. And there are simply too many notes, that’s all. Just cut a few and it will be perfect.” – Emperor Joseph II, from Amadeus, telling Mozart that less is really more. In a society […]

On: 07/16/2008 15:49:59 In: School Choice In yet another example of outrageous judicial activism, a California judge has ruled that it is illegal for parents to homeschool their children without a degree and “proper” State-issued license: “A California state appellate court recently handed down a landmark ruling that stunned many parents and […]

On: 07/16/2008 14:01:19 In: Economy Liberal opinion columnists are climbing out of the woodwork to declare capitalism a failure and beat the drums of yet more interventionist policies. This despite the fact that these very interventionist policies plunged the nation’s economy into its current abyss.In the […]

On: 07/29/2008 16:17:26 In: Energy Crisis, Global Warming Fraud, and the Environment In all of the discussion of the price of oil, Americans are treated to a variety of explanations about what is driving it ever higher. And like all other issues in the public policy arena, myriad factions are commenting authoritatively on […]

On: 07/20/2008 16:55:39 In: Monetary Policy “Almost all voters in 1992 and a large majority in 2000 had vivid memories of the 1970s, when we had both economic stagnation and double-digit inflation — stagflation — and thanks to government price controls, motorists had to wait an hour […]

On: 07/20/2008 14:02:38 In: Fiscal Responsibility Two endangered species of governmentus overspendus – Massachusetts and Maryland – after decades of trudging off to extinction in lock-step accord are now apparently parting ways.As the economy has hit hard times, and tax revenues have slowed, States are being left […]

On: 07/16/2008 22:02:08 In: Taxes On March 11th, 2008, Damascus, Oregon citizens struck an unequivocal blow for freedom. Tax freedom. On that historic day, the citizenry sent a stern message to their government: you can no longer raise our taxes – or fees – without our […]

On: 07/16/2008 15:44:53 In: New York News “The truth [is] that all men having power ought to be distrusted to a certain degree.” – James Madison, July 11th, 1787 from his notes on the Constitutional Convention. Eliot Spitzer is the poster-child for the need to limit government – […]

On: 07/16/2008 13:52:52 In: Monetary Policy “The people in charge of the dollar at the Treasury and the Federal Reserve are guilty of dollar neglect… The Treasury says a strong dollar is in the nation’s interest? Huh? The Fed says it’s targeting price stability? Huh? … Right […]