Category Archives: Culture-Economics-Society

Government should be like a visit to a proctologist… Continue reading →

What if your life were your own personal The Truman Show, with cameras and everything, capturing every experience–but with your full knowledge and consent?  What if everyone else did the same?  Would history be perfect? In the second section of … Continue reading →

Amidst all the controversy surrounding the budget confrontation between the Democrats in the Senate and Republicans in the House of Representatives, the Cato Institute hosted an event a few weeks ago to mark the first anniversary of the passage of … Continue reading →

For the last week or so I have been in Illinois with my wife, son and in-laws, visiting my wife’s extended family. We had a lovely trip to the Chicago area and then continued on to central IL. While we … Continue reading →

With so much information available to the public, the ability to sort out fact and fiction and to discern relevant and irrelevant facts is more important than ever. A good example is the difference between causation and correlation. This week … Continue reading →

In the May issue of The Atlantic, Marc Ambinder has written a piece called, “Fat Nation,” in which he recounts his own struggles with obesity as he discusses the growing social problem: “For the average fat person, life can be … Continue reading →

I want credit for the gifts I give. Don’t you? This morning I listened to a local radio host who was describing an awkward situation. He explained that he had recently been at a dinner party hosted by folks whom … Continue reading →

Nine days after the 7.0 earthquake rocked Haiti, bodies are still being pulled from the rubble, people are sick, injured and dying, and gangs are roving the streets of Port-au-Prince. In the wake of this tragedy, the American public was … Continue reading →