February 15, 2011
Security Vs. Freedom
My son Jack loves to jump around. He is a five year old, and he likes to jump on furniture, jump down the stairs, jump up and jump down. He is a jumper. I think it is pretty funny. I...
February 14, 2011
The Decline and Fall of the Nation State
In the 19th century, empires fell and in their place arose nation states. The last of the empires, the Hapsburgs, Ottomans and the Romanovs, were wiped out in the first two decades of the last century, decimated by the First...
February 11, 2011
You Say You Want a Revolution?
Hosni Mubarak surprised everybody when he said that he was sticking around until September. Charles Krauthammer predicts that once the mosques adjourn in Cairo later today, there are going to be a lot of very angry Egyptians who are not...
February 10, 2011
Billion Here, Billion There
It was Everett Dirksen who once said, “a billion here, a billion there…pretty soon you are talking real money.” That may have been true back in the 60’s, when the Illinois Senator was leading the Republican Caucus in the Upper...
February 9, 2011
Shared Sacrifice
Now comes the not-so-fun part. It is awfully easy to talk about cutting spending. It is awfully easy to talk about shrinking government. It is awfully hard to actually do it. Over the next several months, Congress is going to...