Always and everywhere, the only serious political issue is what the state should and should not do. All the rest distracts.

Always and everywhere, the only serious political issue is what the state should and should not do. All the rest distracts.

There is nothing the state can do, and which society needs done, that cannot be done far better by the market.

The government is always looking for something that appears more dangerous than itself, and these criminals seem to fit the bill. Never mind that it was the government that promised but failed to protect us. It was the government that prevented the airlines from protecting themselves. It was the government that so badly botched the rescue operations. It was the government that had stirred up the hate that led to the terrorism.

Private enterprise creates; government destroys. That is the great economic lesson of our times and all times.

One ironic legacy of the Clinton administration is the rearming of the American citizenry. Each time Clinton and his friends in Congress threaten another round of anti-gun regulations, the American people respond by stocking up.

If the people are led to believe that scarce resources are best channeled in a direction that producers and consumers would not choose on their own, the result must necessarily be central planning.