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The state declares that it knows what is best for “society as a whole.” You may conscientiously monitor your diet or set aside money for your retirement—but what about the people who don’t? The code of altruism demands that the “haves” sacrifice for the “have-nots”—i.e., that the responsible sacrifice for the irresponsible, the ambitious for the indolent, the rational for the irrational. The same premise of self-sacrifice underlies ObamaCare. Any individual’s interests are to be subordinated to an indefinable “public interest”—which simply means: some people must suffer so that others might benefit. All they care about is that everyone sacrifice–and...

In the waiting room of Memorial Sloan-Kettering’s radiation treatment center, I discovered that in the race of life, those running to stay on the track are among the most determined, hopeful and courageous. They’re also grateful, for it’s in the sanctuary of sympathetic and expert care where cancer patients experience calm and clarity after the storm of diagnosis and decision-making. As if living with cancer-induced anxiety weren’t enough, many Sloan-Kettering patients must Think Again about their treatment since the cancer center is among many prominent hospitals no longer “in network” for most Obamacare-compliant insurance plans. Americans already have the world’s...

The American public can easily grasp the constitutional concepts of “free speech,” or “free exercise of religion,” or the “right to peaceably assemble.” By contrast, the phrase “property rights” doesn’t have the same cachet — it just lies there like some arcane principle that must be debated by lawyers before we know what it really means. Yet cachet or not, there is no more important right than the right to be safe and secure within one’s own property — provided a person wants to live as a free man and not a slave. Unfortunately, Thomas Jefferson substituted the words “pursuit...

It's fairly popular in media and other socialistic endeavors around the world to engage in America bashing full time. I mean, we've got this war that seems to be not going to many places (just ask the relatives of Saddam's reign of terror if they're sad) and a political race that is going to boil down to selecting two candidates, Hillary and Oback, that are based on nothing more than "it's our time" and a caricature of the illusion of Camelot during the Kennedy administration which was an illusion of...well, you get my drift. An outside observer would wonder how...

Daddy Obama If the government is going to tax, monitor and control everything in a citizen’s life, then they have an obligation to look after the citizen from cradle to grave; this is Daddy Obama’s message. Daddy Obama is so impressive that he causes swooning on the part of his followers. Make no mistake, these are not simply supporters; those who fall under Daddy Obama’s spell are morphed into devotees who are worshipping at the alter of Barack. This man cultivates the image and is successfully envisioned as everyone’s Daddy who has graciously offered himself in the position of President....

I am not much of a policy wonk. Rarely do I don my pointy hat and delve into the mysteries of exactly how government tries to run our lives. Usually it is enough for me to spout generalities while railing against bureaucrats, liberals, and eager beaver do gooders who often act as surrogates for government policy in lieu of direct intervention by agencies. No, I have eschewed covering policy for the most part. I am not smart enough and fear if I cram  my head with too much of that stuff, other more important things will dribble out of my...

Last week Fred Thompson was speaking to a crowd of close to three hundred people at the Music Man Square in Mason City, Iowa, explaining how he accidentally fell into a movie career. In the early 1980s Hollywood producers came to Tennessee to make a film about a famous case Thompson had handled as a young lawyer. "They asked me to play myself," Thompson told the audience in his folksy, Southern drawl, "and I said, well, they can't tell me I'm doing it wrong - although they still did from time to time." The line always gets a big laugh,...

While the Feminists intentions are good, they deny the true nature of the Feminine. I do not disagree that females should be equal to males under the law. However, it is an entirely different matter for females to act like men and expect some sort of enlightenment. A woman can be feminine yet equal, without having to succeed on male terms.