As someone with a somewhat uncommon surname – in fact, I personally know ALL the other people in the whole world who share this surname – it always faintly annoys me to get emails like this… The fleeting hope that such an email might be genuine — that I’m due some great,...

Some thoughts on marking 2014’s Human Achievement Hour (HAH). HAH was first suggested by my good friend Fred Smith of the Competitive Enterprise Institute as an annual celebration of the inventions and innovations that have enabled ever increasing numbers of people to live in better and better living standards. Those...

Following my posting of “Coloradans Light Up 2014: Sale of marijuana for personal use legalised“, I was challenged: “So you condone illegal drugs then?”  My response follows: The question of whether I “condone illegal drugs” presumes a relationship between one or more specific drugs and the law in a...