Category: Aggregated

Few things vanish from public memory more quickly than government atrocities. When I was growing up on a mountainside across from the Shenandoah National Park in the 1960s, no one spoke of the injustices committed against the mountaineers brutally expelled from their homes in the 1930s to create that park. Instead, all that mattered in Front Royal, Virginia, my nearby hometown and the northern entrance of the park, was that the tourists the park attracted were good for local business. Now, almost 80 years after the park was opened, more attention is finally being paid to the redneck ethnic cleansing … Continue reading →

If I were still a practicing ob-gyn and one of my patients said she was not going to vaccinate her child, I might try to persuade her to change her mind. But, if I were unsuccessful, I would respect her decision. I certainly would not lobby the government to pass a law mandating that children be vaccinated even if the children’s parents object. Sadly, the recent panic over the outbreak of measles has led many Americans, including some self-styled libertarians, to call for giving government new powers to force all children to be vaccinated. Those who are willing to make … Continue reading →

What is the libertarian view of taxes? Inquiring minds want to know. And some of them are libertarians. In a recent article of mine, “Obama’s Tax Proposals: A Libertarian Analysis,” I subjected President Obama’s proposals to raise taxes—by increasing rates or eliminating deductions—and lower taxes—by increasing tax credits or instituting new ones. But like Republicans miss the point on tax cuts and conservatives just don’t get it when it comes to taxes, some libertarians miss the point or don’t get it either. The libertarian view of taxes is not that taxes should be fair, adequate, sufficient, constitutional, uniform, flat, simple, … Continue reading →

Things have gone badly for the people living in Alternate America. The bombing of the Middle Eastern country’s nuclear plant by rogue “democracy” extremists from Canada was blamed on America, or at least taken out on Americans because the US government “supports” Canada- by which I suppose they mean the two governments are not at war with each other. Armies from several Middle East countries have invaded the cities and towns of America, destroying the infrastructure and fouling the water supply and electrical grid beyond repair. The invaders show how compassionate they are by rescuing the orphans and injured their … Continue reading →

NBC News’ Brian Williams became a national story last Thursday.  For readers not up to speed, the recent trouble began with a January 30 post on NBC Nightly News’ Facebook page.  Embedded in the post was a short video clip of Nightly News where Williams claimed that during the 2003 U.S. invasion of Iraq, he was on board a helicopter that was forced to land in the desert because it was struck by a rocket-propelled grenade (RPG). This was not the story Williams related in 2003 where he stated that he rode in a helicopter behind the one hit by … Continue reading →

KINGSTON, NY, 9 February 2015 — NBC’s Brian Williams has come under vicious attack by fellow journalists, competing networks, editorial writers and media pundits for exaggerating the dangers he faced as an embedded reporter with the US military in the first days of the Iraq War. Apologizing for twisting the facts, Williams said it was a “bungled attempt by me to thank one special veteran, and by extension, our brave military men and women, veterans everywhere, those who served while I did not.”  Although he did not serve in the military, Williams has served as a loyal foot soldier who dutifully … Continue reading →

‘British motorists caught speeding or committing other motoring offences in Europe will face fines and could even lose their licences under new EU laws. At present motorists using their own vehicles abroad avoid punishment if […]