I care for kids, families, the sick and the elderly, working class, middle class, and every American. To end poverty and advance the American Dream, I am Libertarian Girl.
If it’s true that Dr. Bruce Ivins, a biodefense researcher at the Army’s Medical Research Center on Infectious Diseases in Frederick, Maryland, orchestrated the 2001 anthrax attacks to further his own career and funnel more federal funding toward the study of his speciality, anthrax– and to himself– it perfectly illustrates what I have previously said [...]
Of course Arnold Schwarzenegger is a Republican. That can mean a lot of different things to different people. He certainly cared enough about distinguishing himself as that that he did not become a Democrat once marrying into the Kennedy family, which would have been understandable in a way. He’s hard to pin down as the [...]
What’s the bigger threat to the environment, global warming or Ben Bernanke? Exactly how many trees will have to be cut down for all the dollars Helicopter Ben’s been ordering lately from his well-used printing press? * Image courtesy of Don Luskin.
Sean Gabb of the UK’s Libertarian Alliance writes: “There are those who think libertarianism involves a defence of riches and of the rich. Some libertarians seem to agree. I do not. A libertarian is someone who wants to be left alone, and who wants to leave others alone, and who wants others to be left [...]
This is the conclusion of my two-part series discussing why science would be better if it left government funding behind. In the first post, I discussed why government should not be given control of scientists’ work, what government have done when they did have this control, what they will continue to do, and how the [...]
“The prospect of domination of the nation’s scholars by federal government project allocation, and the power of money, is ever present, and is gravely to be regarded.” — President Dwight D. Eisenhower The government should stay out of science completely. Science, scientists, taxpayers, and the world would be better off for it. Research scientists are [...]
It was expected for awhile, but this week, Toshiba finally abandoned HD-DVD, meaning that Blu-ray will be the next-generation DVD format of choice for those wishing to upgrade on the current style of DVDs. Why did Blu-Ray win out? It’s a better product, with a better name, bought by more customers. It’s as simple as [...]
“If you think health care is expensive now, wait until you see what it costs when it’s free.” – P. J. ORourke An NHS Tale. I stayed in Miami with some (French) friends last weekend, and they told me about what a nightmare of a time they had getting a simple diagnosis of pneumonia for [...]
I spent the weekend in Miami and was on my way home early Tuesday morning when I heard on the radio that Fidel Castro had decided to hand power over to his brother. When I told the friend driving with me the news, and how disappointing it was that we had just left Miami and [...]
I’ve previously said that anti-discrimination laws are not necessary, for a few reasons. Without government sanction of discrimination, it becomes much harder to perpetuate the idea that discrimination is OK or good. In the time period up to the 1950s and 1960s and the enactment of civil rights laws, government itself not only allowed discrimination, [...]