My experiences in the smoke-filled back rooms of legislators and executives have always revealed a sad reality that surprises me at first: the really rich tend not only to tolerate socialists, but to assist them. The reason, I’ve found, is that a free market requires these obnoxiously rich folks...

As we’ve noted here before, we have an abundance of good archived posts which are relevant each year on holidays. Being Halloween, it seems appropriate to draw attention to some previous posts relating to today. “No, Seriously, Zombies Freak Me Out” by Zach Wendling “Today’s...

Wired magazine’s gallery of vintage Halloween costumes is genuinely creepy. Check out the budding serial killers above, for example. Was Halloween creepier back in the day? I don’t know about that, but I certainly don’t see any “naughty nurses” hanging around in these...

I suppose I should add to my commentary on downticket voting a note of caution about straight ticket voting. It’s a bad idea. People creep onto the ballot for all sorts of reasons having nothing to do with their qualification for the position. They could be party loyalists, one-issue spitfires,...

Thank goodness gas prices are down and we’ll never have to worry about high prices again.

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As the election draws nearer, casual conversation turns to the Great Race. People ask me who I’m going to vote for president in the same manner as asking who I’ll root for in the World Series. They are usually a little baffled when I answer that I’m rooting for a minor league team....

Jack Shafer, Editor at Large of Slate magazine, voted for Bob Barr in this election. He briefly explains his vote here, and then further elaborates on why Barr is still far from the ideal candidate. But he also offers this sentence, which may be the best explanation I’ve read of Barack Obama thus...

Alaskan Senator Ted Stevens was convicted on all counts today in his corruption trial, making the Democrats’ path to 60 senate seats just a little bit easier. The 84-year-old Stevens is currently running for re-election against Anchorage mayor Mark Begich. The most recent polls taken before the...

Last Friday, I trotted down to my local county courthouse “Judicial Center” to cast my early ballot. It will surprise few that I voted for Bob Barr and Whatshisface. If I recall correctly, I’ve voted for the Libertarian presidential candidate every time, but this year, more people...