Politics


“Your Social Security Statement” — and a Wee Bit of Unusual (for Uncle Sam) Truth-in-Advertising

I got home from my trip to piles of junk mail and bills and…..my own Social Security Statement that, I was informed, was very thoughtfully “prepared especially” for me! In…

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“Your Social Security Statement” — and a Wee Bit of Unusual (for Uncle Sam) Truth-in-Advertising

I got home from my trip to piles of junk mail and bills and…..my own Social Security Statement that, I was informed, was very thoughtfully “prepared especially” for me! In…

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“Your Social Security Statement” — and a Wee Bit of Unusual (for Uncle Sam) Truth-in-Advertising

I got home from my trip to piles of junk mail and bills and…..my own Social Security Statement that, I was informed, was very thoughtfully “prepared especially” for me! In…

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The Different Flavors of German Collectivism

The elections in the Saarland offered some solace to opponents of Gerhard Schroeder, but they were also a little disturbing. The Social Democrats continued their slide, but not for the…

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How Brave of You, Mr. McGreevey. How Very Brave.

As a variety of apologists step forward to laud Governor McGreevey for his allegedly courageous public coming out, he has offered his own feeble public defense in the New York…

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Western Journalistic Arrogance

Are some lives inherently more important than others? If you’re a typical western journalist (or the usual left-of-center coloring), the answer is a big “well, du-uh.” Of course westerners are…

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Home and Away

I am back home for a short while and racing over the weekend to get a billion things done for Cato University and other matters. (The new schedule and all…

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The Joy of Liberal Friendship

I’m at the Mont Pelerin Society meeting in Salt Lake City and I have to say that it is a wonderful experience to renew friendships with intelligent and good people…

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Ronald Reagan and Memory Distortion

It’s remarkable how so many commentators on Ronald Reagan have airbrushed their own astonishingly vicious treatment of him when he was president. Andrew Sullivan has collected together a few gems…

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Pat Buchanan and Radical Islamicism

It’s official. Patrick Buchanan hates America. He’s pretty openly sided with Islamic radicals in a recent column in Arab News. It’s worth reading Buchanan’s fulminations against America. Here’s a sample:…

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