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.

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

The big divide in this country is not between Democrats and Republicans, or women and men, but between talkers and doers.

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

It is amazing how many people seem to think that the government exists to turn their prejudices into law.

The political left has been weak on protecting society from criminals for more than two centuries.

Virtually everything that the government does costs more than when the same thing is done in private industry - whether it is building housing, running prisons, collecting garbage, or innumerable other things. Why in the world would we imagine that health care would be the exception?