Eric Wallace at Illinois Review just suggested that the next U.S. Senator from Illinois should follow what he calls the "L.I.F.T. Principles for governing." The acronym stands for: Limited Government Individual Liberty and Responsibility Free Enterprise Traditional Values Ah, the old libertarian-conservative schism is still there. He had me through L.I.F. but then he had … [Read more...] about One Letter Too Far…
Banned in 2008
I normally let Reason magazine promote their own videos, but I thought I'd post this sad reminder of how often, and in how many ways, some people want to prevent other people from having fun. … [Read more...] about Banned in 2008
Solving the Auto Industry Crisis
I've been wanting to write a bunch of posts about the crisis in the auto industry and why I think a bailout is a bad idea, but I haven't had time, so here are a few quick observations. Automakers are not like power companies. One of the arguments for bailing out the financial sector was that banks are like the electric power companies: Everything else depends on them. … [Read more...] about Solving the Auto Industry Crisis
A Telling Mistake
In a New York Times story, writer Monica Davey describes the governor of Illinois this way: Gov. Rod R. Blagojevich is a polished speaker who can win over elderly women at luncheons in southern Illinois with his earnest attention and eloquently recite historical anecdotes from the lives of the leaders he says he most admires... Then, a few paragraphes later, there's this … [Read more...] about A Telling Mistake
Of Shooting Galleries And Gun-Free Zones
Jennifer Abel is a brilliant libertarian writer and master of the devastating observation: You know those amusement-park shooting galleries where you use an air rifle to knock down multiple rows of moving mechanical ducks? The way they work is, you shoot at the targets all you want, and none of the targets can shoot back. Most schools and workplaces operate on the same … [Read more...] about Of Shooting Galleries And Gun-Free Zones