The government is indeed an institution, but "the market" is nothing more than an option for each individual to chose among numerous existing institutions, or to fashion new arrangements suited to his own situation and taste.

The America that has flourished for more than two centuries is being quietly but steadily dismantled by the Obama administration.

One of the sad signs of our times is that we have demonized those who produce, subsidized those who refuse to produce, and canonized those who complain.

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.

When you start off by telling those who disagree with you that they are not merely in error but in sin, how much of a dialogue do you expect?

Most of the founders of this country had day jobs for years. They were not career politicians. ... We need leaders with experience in the real world, not experience in the phony world of politics.

The only thing better than "hands-on" experience is hands-off experience - enough experience to understand that some things will turn out better if left alone.