The Welfare State Grand Slam

The welfare state enjoyed a stellar week. First, the Victims Compensation Fund, set up by Congress, announced compensation averaging $1.85 million for the families of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. While deducting life insurance and some pension benefits, the payout...

Cuba on No Dollars a Day

“This is the real Havana,” Miguel said as we turned from Avenida Simon Bolivar to a gritty side street cratered with potholes. “Here you see how Cubans live. Tourists don’t come to *this* street.” Well, they might if they were simply...

The Andrea Yates Verdict

The only good thing about the Andrea Yates case is that the jury was obviously not influenced by the months of propaganda for her by radical feminists, while the judge’s gag order kept the prosecution from telling the public the other side of the story. This is...

Criminality and Psychology

Q: While it is clear that you think that being insane and being held criminally liable for one’s actions are not necessarily mutually exclusive, I am unsure of whether you think those two things are NEVER mutually exclusive. In other words, might there ever be a...

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