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The Libertarian
A few weeks back, we were debating in this space whether the 14th Amendment grants automatic birthright citizenship to children of illegal aliens born in this country. A helpful reader refers us to a Dec. 7, 2005 letter to the Wall Street Journal fro
The Libertarian
An astonishing news analysis moved last week on the Bloomberg News wire -- a news service controlled by the billionaire New York City Mayor who wants to outlaw cigarette smoking as well as the Second Amendment wherever his authority extends. (And to
All words have very specific meanings. For instance, socialism is the government ownership and/or control of the means of production; land, labor, capital, and entrepreneurship. Free enterprise, on the other hand, is the individual ownership and/or
Reflexiones Libertarias
En lo alto de la sierra sonorense, ya bordeando la línea con Chihuahua, se ubica el pueblo de Sahuaripa distinguido siempre por su perfil diferente al resto del estado.
Fascist Nation
President George Bush issued his first veto after almost six years on a bill federally funding stem cell research. I agree with the veto, just not the reasons stated for the veto.
The Libertarian
Visiting with some students at the Community College a few weeks back, I struggled to answer a question about illegal immigration.
I struggle, still.
Explaining libertarian thought -- and Austrian economic principles -- on open borders isn’t
The Libertarian
On July 11, I penned an editorial in the Review-Journal which we headlined: “Grabbing kids left and right.” We said:
Marlena Olivas was already missing one child.
The young mother says the reason two of her children were taken away from her b
The Libertarian
Two millennia ago, the Romans called the province Judea -- the land of the Jews.
When the First World War brought the collapse of the decadent Ottoman Empire, a number of new states were carved out in the area, including a British protectorate ca
To be a German, one must be born in Germany. To be an Italian, one must be born in Italy. To be a Mexican, one must be born in Mexico. To be a South African, one must be born in South Africa. To be Chinese, one must be born in China. To be Japan
Reflexiones Libertarias
El desemboque del proceso político que abrazó a México éste pasado 2 de Julio, supera las expectativas, sorpresas y predicciones en un drama que cada día avanza, desafortunadamente, hacia un amenazador final estilo Kim Jon Il, el demente tirano de Co
The Libertarian
In Washington state, doctors and hospitals officials admitted 9-month-old Riley Rogers was in no imminent danger of death.
But Riley was born with poorly functioning kidneys, and doctors believe he will probably need a kidney transplant later in
Reflexiones Libertarias
Mi cabalgata por vida, siempre se ha distinguido por la frecuencia con que tomo rutas equivocadas puesto que, ha sido pincelada por la frase de Bernard Shaw: “Una vida cuajada de errores, es más útil y honorable que otra desperdiciada al no hacer nad
The Libertarian
Up Montana way, a popular postcard shows a bedraggled group of men shuffling down out of the mountains, bedecked in a wide array of splints, casts, and bandages. This, the wide-eyed tourist is informed, is one of the region’s “Mountain Lion Artificia
The Libertarian
Resolving a Utah case, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled unanimously May 22 that police officers may go into a home uninvited, without a search warrant, without knocking -- providing they assert they did so to break up a fight they saw through the kitchen
Two hundred thirty years ago yesterday, fifty-six individuals signed a document pledging their lives, fortunes, and sacred honor to establish individual liberty on planet earth. In the document these courageous individuals stated the philosophy upon
The Libertarian
Going into the November general election, the winner of the Aug. 15 Republican primary will likely be the front-runner to succeed Kenny Guinn as governor of Nevada.
In recent weeks, both state Sen. Bob Beers, R-Las Vegas, and Northern Nevada Cong
The Libertarian
Relax: New Jersey legislators agreed on a state budget Thursday, finally caving in to the squeeze play of Democratic Gov. Jon Corzine.
How did the governor, who in his 2005 election campaign said he did not plan to raise taxes, respond to the del
Joe Abodeely On The Issues
ISRAEL WAS FOUNDED OUT OF TERRORISM AGAINST THE BRITISH AND THE PALESTINIANS. THE ISRAELI INVASION OF GAZA UNDER THE PRETEXT TO FREE A CAPTURED SOLDIER IS TERRORISM IGNORED BY THE U.S.
The Libertarian
This weekend we celebrate that stirring day in history, July 4, 1812, when the first president of the United States, Benjamin Franklin, emerged from the old State House in Boston, held up the new Constitution freshly penned by Thomas Jefferson of Ne
The Libertarian
I spoke to a class of bright young folk at the community college in Henderson last week. The most intriguing questions are the ones that catch you off guard. Asked what I thought of the United Nations, I believe I stammered out that the Founding Fath
The Libertarian
The supposedly august body known as the U.S. Senate has not exactly done itself proud in recent months.
First there was the puzzling initiative to encourage the ongoing abdication of immigration law enforcement -- lots of amnesty, no fences -- in
Reflexiones Libertarias
Las elecciones presidenciales que, para cuando este escrito emerja deben estar decididas, pasarán a la historia como el evento más alejado de la lógica y la razón política.
The Libertarian
When a private business faces a revenue shortfall, the goal in trimming expenditures is to find areas that will inconvenience customers as little as possible.
But government managers see the world differently. After all, there’s no concern that a
The Libertarian
On June 26, the U.S. Supreme Court managed to do the right thing with Vermont’s draconian campaign contribution and spending limits, tossing them out as a violation of the First Amendment right to political speech.
Vermont’s contribution caps, $2
Necessary Evil
Why does a man who spends the bulk of his life acquiring assets turn around and give them away? In Buffet's case, he is, statistically speaking, closer to meeting God than Gates. Mortality can certainly can change a mans thinking. What the heck
The Libertarian
Local attorney Bob Nersesian wrote in about my recent citation of the 14th Amendment’s language restricting birthright citizenship.
“Dear Vin: I must take strong issue with your column of June 4. It appears to me that you have approached the limi
Reflexiones Libertarias
La semana pasada, en opinión de alguna gente, asumiendo un estado de locura publiqué una Carta Para el Próximo Presidente cuyo mensaje era: No hagamos lo que la borriquita que, luego de dar un paso pa delante da 24 para atrás y regresar al México de
The Libertarian
During her younger days, a native Las Vegan of my acquaintance grew weary at the wide-eyed responses she used to receive when she’d travel out of state and confess this was her home.
“You LIVE in Las Vegas?” the amazed yahoos would often respond,
The Libertarian
The Supreme Court ruled June 15 that -- so long as they have a warrant -- police can now break into homes and seize evidence without even knocking.
The 5-4 ruling is another signal that the court is now dominated by justices who place the conveni
The Libertarian
Local doctors who favor shooting up our children with toxic mercury keep asking me how I dare to continue writing on the subject when there's no Thimerosal left in our vaccines. So imagine my surprise when the usually reliably statist Los Angeles Tim
