A listing of some of his conversations, books, and articles can be found here.
Thanks for the link. I happen to disagree with Michael Novak as well, but since he is a more thoughtful person and less of a bootlicker for the status quo, I accord him a higher level of deference and respect.
From an interview of his:
“Mr. Novak: Well, if we don’t pay attention to it, government just takes more power. The things governments do is take money and take power. Government always thinks it’s doing good with what it’s taken from us and so it just gets bigger and bigger and bigger. It intrudes by telling you to wear a seat belt, where you can smoke a cigarette, what toys to use in a crib. It affects everything you do day to day. There may be some people who like the government as a nanny making sure we don’t hurt ourselves with anything; but it just gets bigger and bigger, more intrusive, more expensive and becomes even more corrupt.”
Fair enough. So how do you counter it? The vote is an impotent and useless tool in my view. Sort of like trying to hold off the mongol hordes while armed with a carrot.