STOSSEL: No, there really shouldn’t be a law
I’m a libertarian in part because I see a false choice offered by the political left and right: government control of the economy—or government control of our personal lives.
I’m a libertarian in part because I see a false choice offered by the political left and right: government control of the economy—or government control of our personal lives.
There is a smarter way to get corporate money out of politics.
As long as there is open competition, honesty pretty much takes care of itself.
Some acted as if Obama were a magical politician whose election would end poverty and inequality.
Any attempt to manage a modern society is more like a bull in a darkened china shop than a finely tuned machine.
We must cut. But I fear Americans aren’t up for that.
The right to pursue happiness has been perverted into a government-backed entitlement to happiness.
Alfred Kahn was a bureaucrat who, under President Carter, managed to kill off the Civil Aeronautics Board and Interstate Commerce Commission.
When countries move to a government-funded system, taxes rise to crushing levels, as they have in Europe.
We should counter hateful speech with more words—not government force.
Vouchers aren’t a perfect solution, but they are better than leaving every student a prisoner of government monopoly.
It’s individuals in the marketplace who create real jobs—when they have the protection of life and property under the rule of law.
Imagine that—a government safety agency promotes a rule that kills people.
Was he a brain-dead liberal? The newspaper, not Mamet, put that headline on his article.
Maybe the human spirit is so powerful it will overcome the stupidity of politics.
[Gov.] Fortuno’s predecessors had grown Puerto Rico’s government to the point that the state employed one out of every three workers. By the time he was elected, Puerto Rico was broke.
Now I understand that government poverty programs encourage people to stay dependent. There’s money in it.
It is intuitive to assume that, when people struggle, government “help” is the answer. The opposite is true. American groups who are helped the most, do the worst.
No one should be soothed by assurances that publication of those lists poses no threat to law-abiding gun owners.