Fairness' is one of the great mantras of the left. Since everyone has his own definition of fairness, that word is a blank check for the expansion of government power. What fairness means in practice is that third parties -- busybodies -- can prevent mutual accommodations by others.

Even if her children or grandchildren are willing to spend their own money to keep grandma alive, when bureaucrats control the necessary technology or medication they may decide that it is not for sale.

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

Some of the biggest cases of mistaken identity are among intellectuals who have trouble remembering that they are not God.

Don't you get tired of seeing so many "non-conformists" with the same non-conformist look?

The big problem in the long process of dumbing down the schools is that you can reach a point of no return. How are parents who never received a decent education themselves to recognize that their children are not getting a decent education?

Hyperinflation can take virtually your entire life's savings, without the government having to bother raising the official tax rate at all.