Attacks on Free Speech
The genie cannot be kept in the bottle.
Colin Powell “hooks up” with MTV
This month, sandwiched somewhere in between Britney Spears’ videos, Trojan condom ads, booze-drenched Mardi Gras parties, soft-porn soap operas, and reruns of vulgar stunt shows, MTV will broadcast a “global town meeting” featuring Secretary of State...In Search of DNC Chairman McAuliffe
“Democratic National Committee Chairman Terry McAuliffe wants to appear on your show,” my producer excitedly told me. A staffer of the DNC chairman called — not once, but three times — to arrange the chairman’s appearance on my radio show...“Multilateralism’s” One-Way Street
A few weeks ago, many liberals were crowing that the War on Terrorism had forced the Bush administration to abandon “isolationism” and embrace “globalism” by seeking out an international coalition. This is part of an effort to make independent,...The Collectivist Notion of “Giving Back to Society”
Addressing the World Economic Forum meeting in New York last week, Microsoft founder Bill Gates said, “I think it’s a healthy sign that there are demonstrators in the streets. They are raising the question of ‘is the rich world giving back...The “Rent Control” Housing Farce: Part II
Too many people who talk about a lack of “affordable housing” seem to think that this is something the government must build or subsidize. It never seems to occur to them that government activity is itself one of the biggest reasons for housing being...The “Rent Control” Housing Farce: Part I
A RECENTLY published housing study says: “San Francisco is one of the densest large cities in the U.S.” That is true in both senses of the word “dense.” Nowhere are San Franciscans more dense than when talking about housing — especially...Message to Congress: A War on Terrorism Does Not Mean a War on Liberty
President George Bush’s State of the Union address told us that legislation passed, expenditures made and troops deployed are just the beginning of our war on terrorism. But shouldn’t we begin to confront the hard-minded question: How much should we...Economic Freedom And Interventionism By Ludwig von Mises
These essays comprise a Mises “candy sampler,” to complement the more enduring intellectual banquet he offers in his treatises.
