No society ever thrived because it had a large and growing class of parasites living off those who produce.

The march of science and technology does not imply growing intellectual complexity in the lives of most people. It often means the opposite.

We might have been better off if the question of Obama's patriotism had been raised before he was first elected. Never should we ignore so many red flag warnings again.

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

The biggest hypocrites on gun control are those who live in upscale developments with armed security guards - and who want to keep other people from having guns to defend themselves. But what about lower-income people living in high-crime, inner city neighborhoods? Should such people be kept unarmed and helpless, so that limousine liberals can 'make a statement' by adding to the thousands of gun laws already on the books?

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

When your response to everything that is wrong with the world is to say, 'there ought to be a law,' you are saying that you hold freedom very cheap.