Opinion
The Right-of-Center Constitutional Divide
A new book documents the debate among conservatives and libertarians over "judicial activism" and "judicial restraint."
Opinion
Flashback: On Moral Superiority
To all my liberal readers: It may come as a shock to you, but conservatives and libertarians will never recognize your political philosophy as morally superior.
Opinion
A Little More Elegance, Please
While increasing dependency on government is a very real problem, it cannot be measured effectively by annual income-tax statistics.
Opinion
Tyranny Will Arm You For Political Discussions With Liberals
Goldberg, a fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, has compiled an enlightening and often mischievous collection of examples showing how the American Left has grown sloppy over time, leaning on trite phrases rather than logic to defend its views.
Opinion
The Good, The Bad, and the Incompetent
By the logic of the auction house, neither Art Pope nor any other Republican donor could have “bought” the 2010 legislative elections.
Opinion
Grasping the Libertarian Vote
There are few Republican politicians more disliked by libertarian intellectuals than John McCain, but he ended up winning 71 percent support among libertarian voters.
Opinion
Brookhiser’s Right Time, Right Place Works on Different Levels
This is a smoothly written book that can be read on several levels — the history of modern conservatism, the rise and decline of Reaganism, country boy comes to the big city. Best, it's what the subtitle says: a story of a young writer growing through triumph and trial, both of them at the hands of an exasperating man who loved him in return.
Opinion
Proclaiming Liberty Throughout the Land
On the top of the Liberty Bell this verse is imprinted: "Proclaim liberty throughout all the land unto all the inhabitants thereof." Leviticus 25:10. This article may seem like a call to arms. Well, it is intended to get folks fired up about LIBERTY, but not to take up arms just yet.
Opinion
Proclaiming Liberty Throughout the Land
Principles that propelled this nation to greatness will succeed again in the future.
Opinion
Benefits of a Gore Presidency
President Bush's fiscal-policy record is far worse than a President Gore’s would probably have been, if history is any guide.
Opinion
No. 163: Cracking the Code: Hoping for a Libertarian Outcome on Income Tax
Steve Thomas reviews Peter E. Hendrickson's Cracking The Code: The Fascinating Truth About Taxation in America, which details the unconstitutionality of the federal income tax.
Opinion
On Iraq, Pirates, and the Constitution
A pile of leaves leads to an airing of constitutional history which mentions piracy which leads to the isolationist critique of the war in Iraq. Really.
