I’ve yet to be fingerprinted. Probably you’ve never been fingerprinted, either. In fact, the majority of Americans (excepting those who volunteered for the military or who’ve applied for a concealed weapons permit – both voluntary choices) have likely never been “inked.” And for good reason. You used to have to break the law –...
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Watch old movies – you know, from the ’80s – and you’ll get a few snapshots in passing about how free we used to be, only 25 years ago – even though in those days we weren’t “fighting” for it in foreign lands and being over-run with Rules, Procedures and such like back in...
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Why do we bother with driver’s licenses at all? They’re certainly not a measure of even minimal competence as a driver. You take a written (now digital) test that Forrest Gump could pass, along with (maybe) a cursory “road” test that takes place in the parking lot of the DMV. A 12-year-old could pass...
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People talk pro and con about Obamacare but the philosophical question – the principle - at issue is: What’s the legitimate role of government? I believe its role should be preventing us from physically harming (or defrauding) one another, maintaining a court/legal system to see that the processes needed for the foregoing are administered fairly...
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The question isn’t whether you’re a liberal or conservative. Who can say what either of those labels means anymore? Like “Christian,” a liberal (or a conservative) can be anything he wants to be and still claim the label. The question, I think, is whether you’re an authoritarian. It is a question that neatly cleaves...
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