During the oral argument before the California Supreme Court, on the lawsuit challenging Proposition 8 , there was one brief shining moment of agreement. Justice Ming Chin asked whether it might not be best if the state got out of the marriage business entirely and just issued civil union permits—...

Maybe some smarty pants MBA can help me out—but preferably not one of those guys who pretends to understand those gee whiz Weapons of Financial Destruction known as derivatives. Last week that day finally arrived when you could buy a share of Citigroup at the Dollar Store. And in the pattern that ...

George Bush was not exactly a philosopher-king. But one thing he reportedly did honestly struggle with was the executive order dealing with stem cell research. Not so Barack Obama . Today he was “excited� to sign the executive order which will reverse Bush's order and “vigorously� put the fe...

The second personage of the Libertarian Chick Triumvirate is the grand duchess of liberty herself, Ayn Rand—who was a contemporary of fellow founder of modern libertarianism Rose Wilder Lane , whom I featured a couple days ago. The downside of Ayn Rand is the debating society, known as libertarian...

Everyone has been harping incessantly about bipartisanship. But finally that glorious day, when the pols could pull in their claws, has arrived—if they're even half-way serious. It is also a wonderful opportunity for the president to keep one of his campaign promises that does not involve spending...

Yesterday afternoon I stopped by a bar just outside Casa Grande . Atypically all the guys were glued to the TV. No-- they were not interested in whether James Carville punked Limbaugh and the Republicans. Nor was it Wednesday's dead cat bounce on Wall Street. But they were talking about the presiden...

March is Women's History Month , and a good time to recognize the libertarian chick triumvirate of Isabel Patterson, Ayn Rand and Rose Wilder Lane . Yes, that Rose Wilder Lane, daughter of the author of the Little House on the Prairie series— Laura Ingalls Wilder . Miss Lane has been called the Gh...

If Obama is appointing Governor Kathleen Sebelius for Secretary of Health and Human Services , why not her political patron Tiller the Killer for Surgeon General? Governor Sebelius is one of those “personally against� pro-choicers. Sebelius wrote when vetoing a pro-life measure in 2006: "My Cath...

Back in the 1950's communism truly was a threat to America, Europe and the whole concept of freedom, liberty and democracy. The leaders of monolithic communism made no bones about their intention of burying America. This legitimate fear resulted in such things as McCarthyism , the House Committee on...

Besides just the ordinary fat cats, there are a couple of other specific groups that are going to take a hit if President Robin Hood's budget and tax changes are implemented---the beneficiaries of charities---and gays and lesbians. Barack Obama's proposal to reduce the ability of persons in upper ta...