The one thing government has which we (you or I or any corporation) DON'T have, is the ability to use deadly force to accomplish its goals.

Is there anything more dangerous to the cause of liberty than a politician fixated on re-election?

I don't believe in atheists.

Screaming racism is the last refuge of leftist intellectuals who've completely lost their mojo.

It is the rare - maybe even nonexistent - politician who will admit this, but number one on the politicians to-do list is always to get reelected. Nothing else comes close. The economy, the stock market, the war on terrorism ... NOTHING comes ahead of getting reelected. Staying in power is job number one.

Most Americans don't know enough about basic economics to fill out one fortune cookie.

The single most prevalent form of child abuse in this country is the act of sending a child to a government school. We worry incessantly about the separation of church and state. We would do well to devote half as much attention to the separation of government and education.