What happened under communism - and increasingly, is happening in America, as Joseph Sobran put it: 'Need' now means wanting someone else's money. 'Greed' means wanting to keep your own. 'Compassion' is when a politician arranges the transfer.'

Why, in our "free" country, do Americans meekly stand aside and let the state limit our choices, even when we are dying?

As a free person, I ought to be allowed if I'm dying to take something.

The one thing I've learned is that stuttering in public is never as bad as I fear it will be.

Liberalism had come to mean spending more on everything-speech police, failed poverty programs that reward dependence, a bigger nanny state telling us we cannot eat fatty foods, workplace roles that stifle opportunity, and absurd environmental regulations.

Life is fairer when individuals are free to make their own decisions

Fraud will always exist. Enforcement of anti-fraud laws is a useful deterrent, but in the end there's no substitute for investor vigilance. Government regulations provide a false sense of security - and that's worth less than no sense of security at all.