What is ominous is the ease with which some people go from saying that they don't like something to saying that the government should forbid it. When you go down that road, don't expect freedom to survive very long.

All the political angst and moral melodrama about getting 'the rich' to pay 'their fair share' is part of a big charade. This is not about economics, it is about politics.

Morality, like other inputs into the social process, follows the law of diminishing returns- meaning ultimately, negative returns. People can be too moral.

What does 'economic justice' mean, except that you want something that someone else produced, without having to produce anything yourself in return?

France has never gotten over the fact that it was once a great power and is now just a great nuisance.

Sports are the reason I am out of shape. I watch them all on TV.

Study after study, not only here but in other countries, show that the most affordable housing is where there has been the least government interference with the market - contrary to rhetoric.