Backing for new gun-control laws is slipping as more time elapses following the Newtown, Conn., shootings in December, according to a new CBS News poll. The survey of 1,181 adults, conducted March 20-24, shows that 47 percent of Americans think … Continue reading
The U.S. Senate has passed its first budget in four years. This in itself is a pathetic commentary on the inability and unwillingness of our government to do even its minimal, Constitutionally mandated duties. The budget, while not binding as … Continue reading
Most people assume that problems in the Middle East — such as Iran, and Israel — are about religion and oil. Actually, the main issue involves freedom and individual rights. No nation on earth, at present, consistently upholds individual rights. … Continue reading
Across the country, there are movements afoot to outlaw the death penalty. My former home state of Maryland recently ended the death penalty, and my current home state of Delaware is likely to follow suit. What troubles me the most … Continue reading
Conclusion of yesterday’s column. It is true that some politicians support immigrants for the wrong reasons. Politicians who feel they have the most to gain will naturally support policies such as government welfare, government health care and public education benefits … Continue reading
In a free country, it’s self-evident that there’s room for everyone. This is because free people are also, by definition, self-responsible. The only people who need to be kept out of a free country are violent criminals and others who … Continue reading
What’s interesting, and sadly unusual, about U.S. Senator Rand Paul’s victory over Obama on the issue of military drones is: His insistence on arguing from principle. This attention to fundamental principle is not something we saw at the time Obamacare … Continue reading
It’s amazing. When Hollywood celebrities who support gun control or gun bans advocate these policies, we’re supposed to humbly and uncritically listen. Even when some celebrities, such as Rosie O’Donnell, support gun bans while claiming special exceptions for themselves, we’re … Continue reading
Fights over money are fights over priorities. If one member of a family wishes to spend $500 on a computer or television, and another member of the family wishes to save it, or spend it on a vacation, it’s because … Continue reading
Conclusion of yesterday’s column. Can societies turn around? Surely, because societies are nothing more than a very large number of individuals. ‘Society’ refers to the dominant trends of individuals. But today’s trends are very bad. The fact that socialist Obama … Continue reading
‘A democracy is nothing more than mob rule, where fifty-one percent of the people may take away the rights of the other forty-nine.—— Thomas Jefferson In a way, it doesn’t matter what the ‘Left’ or any intellectual minority wants — … Continue reading
The following is from an article by Cass Sunstein, writing in The New York Review of Books. It’s a review of “Against Autonomy: Justifying Coercive Paternalism” by Sarah Conly. This quote will give you an idea of why I rarely … Continue reading