Take away the government's monopoly, and private groups will do it better.

The theory of government I was taught says that government provides benefits, primarily security, to the entire population. In return we pay taxes. But lately the government has been a distributor of special privileges, taking money from some and giving it to others. America is now about evenly split between those who pay income taxes and those who consume them.

The happiest stutterers, I learned, are those who are willing to stutter in front of others.

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

Many people are priced out of the medical and insurance markets for one reason: the politicians refusal to give up power. Allowing them to seize another 16 percent of the economy won't solve our problems. Freedom will.

What I've learned in 40 years of consumer reporting is that the market is imperfect, and some people get ripped off.

Madoff's scam was small compared to Ponzi schemes the government itself runs: Social Security and Medicare.