Obamacare Would Add Billions to Deficit

July 24, 2009 | 06:02 PM | 2 Comments

Distracting the audience's attention is one of the ways magicians pull off some of their tricks. President Barack Obama's televised news conference on medical care shows that he is something of a... read more »

Selling Government Controlled Health Care with Slogans and Hysteria

July 21, 2009 | 12:09 AM | 3 Comments

Is there a coherent argument for government-controlled medical care or are slogans and hysteria considered sufficient? We hear endlessly about how many Americans don't have health insurance. But, if... read more »

Government Can't Level Every Playing Field

July 14, 2009 | 12:58 AM | 4 Comments

Sometimes, when I hear about "disparities" and "inequities," I think of a disparity that applied directly to me-- the disparity in basketball ability between myself and Michael... read more »

Legal System Encumbered by Ideology and Politics

July 07, 2009 | 11:57 AM | 2 Comments

While the recent Supreme Court decision in the New Haven firefighters' case will be welcome news to those who don't think that a gross injustice is O.K. when those on the receiving end are white, the... read more »

Reversals Raise Questions Regarding Sotomayor's Qualifications

July 01, 2009 | 06:24 PM | 5 Comments

For the fourth time in six cases, the Supreme Court of the United States has reversed a decision for which Judge Sonia Sotomayor voted on the 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals. If this nominee were a... read more »

Few Coherent Arguments for Governent Run Healthcare

June 30, 2009 | 12:02 AM | 5 Comments

Most political and media discussions of medical care have an air of unreality reminiscent of Alice in Wonderland. There is an abundance of catch-phrases but remarkably few coherent... read more »

"Stimulus" Has Them Lining Up at the Trough

June 23, 2009 | 02:05 PM | 3 Comments

Even if the "stimulus" package doesn't seem to be doing much to stimulate the economy, it is certainly stimulating many potential recipients of government money to start lining up at the... read more »

Gallop Poll: Republicans Should Stand on Principles

June 23, 2009 | 12:33 AM | 2 Comments

A Gallup poll last week showed that far more Americans describe themselves as "conservatives" than as "liberals." Yet Republicans have been clobbered by the Democrats in both the... read more »

Attorneys Polled Rate Sotomayor As Abusive

June 16, 2009 | 09:22 AM | 1 Comment

Back when I was on the receiving end of racial discrimination, it was to me not simply a personal misfortune, or even the misfortune of a race, it was a moral outrage. But not everyone who went... read more »

The Character of Nations: Review

June 09, 2009 | 04:01 PM | 2 Comments

In an age that values cleverness over wisdom, it is not surprising that many superficial but clever books get more attention than a wise book like "The Character of Nations" by Angelo... read more »