Man is the only creature disposed to kill huge numbers of members of his own species, and his instrument is usually the state.

Legalizing abortion to get government out of the bedroom is like legalizing cannibalism to get government out of the kitchen.

Voters who live off taxpayers are the Democrats' ace in the hole. The Democrats created big programs and never let the recipients forget it. This gives them an initial advantage of tens of millions of votes in any presidential election.

Even if we are all doomed to live under the state, it doesn't follow that there is, or even can be, such a thing as a good state.

The words of Jesus, including those Jefferson and the Jesus Seminar have blue-pencilled, have a unique permanence. They don't merely survive as aphoristic wisdom; they have an authority in our hearts, even when we try to deny them. They command. We can obey or rebel. That is why Jesus is still not only loved but hated - and why those who hate him feel they have to profess to love him.

Man is the only creature disposed to kill huge numbers of members of his own species, and his instrument is usually the state.

The chances of your being harmed by terrorists are mathematically minute. The chance of your being robbed by your own government? That's easy: 100 per cent.