by Micah Tillman Hurricane season has begun. The Dark Knight is setting box office records. The messiah has departed our shores. And USA Today has just printed Michael Novak's "Reconciling Evil with Faith." Responding to James Wood's New Yorker piece,...

The real reason for favors to mortgage holders by Fred E. Foldvary Government chiefs seek to maximize the ownership of houses and the lands they sit on. They don’t do this for other assets. Governments do not promote the ownership...

by Paul Jacob I received an announcement from Governor Sanford of South Carolina. The odd thing is that I could read the whole document verbatim and you couldn’t tell the governor’s thoughts from mine. I’m in complete agreement. With what?...

by Ron Paul What will it take to get our troops out of Iraq? The roughly 70 percent of Americans who are firmly against the war often ask this question. Those in power are reluctant to give conditions, but when...

"The aim of public education is not to spread enlightenment at all; it is simply to reduce as many individuals as possible to the same safe level, to breed a standard citizenry, to put down dissent and originality. School days,...

by Micah Tillman If "your vote is your voice" then voters are dumb. What you do in the voting booth — if you're behaving — influences nothing. But influence is the point. So voting is irrational. Why vote, then? The...

By buying mortgages, the state subsidizes speculators by Fred E. Foldvary Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are US government-sponsored companies which buy mortgages from banks and other originators. They raise funds by selling bonds. The Fannie and Freddie bonds have...

by Paul Jacob We've got a mole in the U.S. Congress. Not a foreign agent trying to undermine the American way of life. We’ve got plenty of homegrown politicians doing that already. No, it’s a congressman who actually opposes porkbarrel...

by Ron Paul One reason people are unhappy with the way politics and governments operate is that people who run for office are known to “say one thing and do another.” Thus, we have the call for “change.” Candidates for...

by Micah Tillman Last week, Sally wouldn’t believe my incontrovertible evidence that Plato was a (bad) libertarian. So this week I shall attempt to please by trying another approach: Barack Obama is the Platonic philosopher king we’ve been looking for...

Good cop, bad cop enforce the fares by Fred E. Foldvary It has been said that Americans are addicted to oil, but there is no real addiction. People are just responding to costs and benefits. When the cost of gasoline...

by Paul Jacob Gyanendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev no longer reigns as king of Nepal. On May 28, the Nepalese Constituent Assembly abolished the monarchy. The members of the assembly told Gyanendra to clear out of his Katmandu palace before...

by Ron Paul The most basic principle to being a free American is the notion that we as individuals are responsible for our own lives and decisions. We do not have the right to rob our neighbors to make up...

by Micah Tillman As I was preparing for my Wednesday lecture (school ain’t out for the summer for everyone), I was reminded that Plato was a libertarian. Almost an anarchist. For instance, he thought: If we were as we should...

By Chuck Muth It’s one of the most hated Supreme Court decisions in decades, and it happened just three years ago. I’m talking about Kelo vs. New London, where a bare majority of the justices decided that it was OK...

Why pay more at the pump? There are solutions by Fred E. Foldvary Saudi Arabia's King has accused speculators of driving up the price of oil to $140 per barrel. Saudi Arabia has increased output to dampen speculation, but as...

by Paul Jacob Subway, America’s leading fast-food sandwich franchise, is sponsoring a contest for kids. It’s an essay contest entitled “Every Sandwich Tells a Story.” This contest itself is something of a story. First, the contest explanation and rules contain...

Hillary Clinton is out campaigning with Barack Obama. She says if it goes well, she'll consider making him her running mate. — David Letterman, Late Night with David Letterman...

by Micah Tillman Quoth Barr: "It is the duty of the federal government to secure our borders from criminals, terrorists and those seeking to take advantage of the American taxpayer." Responds Ponnuru: With the letter surrounding that sentence, Barr is...

The Truce and the Noose by Fred E. Foldvary The six-month truce between the Israeli government and the Hamas chiefs in Gaza offers opportunities which if not fulfilled could lead to greater dangers. There are two purposes of a truce....