Instead of union, let us have disunion now. Instead of fusing the small, let us dismember the big. Instead of creating fewer and larger states,

elephant, n. A mouse built to government specifications. — Robert Heinlein THE MOST ENDANGERED SPECIES IS SANITY Last week, [five industry groups] filed suit in

HAPPY NEW YEAR! LIVE LONG & PROSPER!! The best definition of an immortal is someone who hasn’t died yet. — Tom Holt, Ye Gods! (1992) It sounded

Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known.—Blaise Pascal (1623-1662) Why should I? Everyone knows me there (upon being told by his wife to dress

“ORGANIZED SCIENCE” GOING TO THE DOGS (OR, AS IN THIS CASE, TO THE FROGS) Even the very best and most reputable scientific journals are now

The first panacea for a mismanaged nation is inflation of the currency; the second is war. Both bring a temporary prosperity; both bring a permanent

There are two ways to conquer and enslave a nation. One is by the sword. The other is by debt.— John Adams There are 1011 stars

[O]f those men who have overturned the liberties of republics, the greatest number have begun their career by paying an obsequious court to the people;

Even as a youngster, though, I could not bring myself to believe that if knowledge presented danger, the solution was ignorance. To me, it always

“Human Felicity is produced not so much by great Pieces of good Fortune that seldom happen, as by little Advantages that occur every Day.”  —

pportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.— Thomas Edison (from Dr. Julian Whitaker’s “Health & Healing”,

What a glorious morning this is! — Samuel Adams, to John Hancock at the Battle of Lexington, Massachusetts, 1775   Advertisements … contain the only