Government restrictions are attractive to people who want to impose their pet notions without having to count the costs.

All of us should be on guard against beliefs that flatter ourselves. At the very least, we should check such beliefs against facts.

Neither your life nor my life, nor the future of this country, will be affected in the slightest by whether Linda Tripp is naughty or nice. But if any president is able to commit crimes with impunity by using the vast powers and perquisites of his office to cover up, then we will have a danger of corruption and abuse of power that can only grow with the passing years and generations.

There is nothing that politicians like better than handing out benefits to be paid for by someone else.

It is bad enough that so many people believe things without any evidence. What is worse is that some people have no conception of evidence and regard facts as just someone else's opinion.

Women can say anything they want to men, or blacks to whites, with impunity. But strong words in the other direction can bring down on students the wrath of the campus thought police - as well as punishments that can extend to suspension or expulsion.

One of the beauties of an economy coordinated by price movements is that nobody has to understand it in order for it to work.