Protecting Us From Our Own Government
WHEN TEDDY ROOSEVELT visited Europe and met Franz Joseph, Emperor of Austria and King of Hungary, he asked what the meaning of monarchy was in the 20th century. “To protect my peoples from their governments,” the Emperor replied. When was the last time you heard a serious promise to protect you from your government? Come to think of it, who can protect you from your government? Read the full article…
Franke: What Happened to Summer Vacation?
by Mark Franke Most of the public and parochial schools in my area started back up this week. So what, one might ask, until one looks at the calendar and realizes it is the second week of August. What happened to summer vacation? No one of my acquaintance thinks this is a good idea, a handful Read the full article…
Arp: ‘Affordable’ Housing Won’t Come From D.C.
By Jason Arp In the 26th chapter of Ludwig von Mises’s magnum opus, “Human Action,”one finds a discussion of a builder vexed by the absence of prices and therefore unable to objectively determine the optimal mix of methods and materials to construct a house. Mises writes: “The paradox of ‘planning’ is that it cannot plan because Read the full article…
The Outstater
DESPITE WHAT CONSULTANTS SAY, some of us suspect that politics happens all of a sudden — bang, it’s on your doorstep, it was this way right up until it wasn’t. For instance, one day in the early 1960s it was not OK for an able-bodied man to receive welfare. The next day it was OK, changing everything. And Read the full article…
Morris: Abortion, Going Forward
by Leo Morris Can the legislative process still work more or less as intended, with lawmakers balancing competing interests and arriving at a solution that the majority of the population can at least live with if not enthusiastically endorse? Or have we become so divided as a nation that neither side wants to concede anything Read the full article…
The Outstater
OUR LEADERSHIP, if that is the right word, has committed tens of millions in cash transfers, tax breaks and bonded loans to making Fort Wayne more attractive to young urban professionals. Yuppies we used to call them. It seems to me we have spent little on anything else these last few decades. We have luxury apartments with indoor Read the full article…
