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I live in an exurban neighborhood in a small town in Western New York. It’s a nice area, right on the edge of sprawling farm country to the west. Moving here was a big change from sun-soaked Phoenix, and even more so from our place before that—in Los Angeles, right on the edge of sprawling gang territory to the north. And east … and west.
Big to small, urban to semi-rur...
The idea of limited government begins with a simple observation: because human beings are imperfect, government power must be constrained. The authorities granted to today’s leaders will eventually belong to tomorrow’s leaders, and perhaps people with very different values.
In this introduction to limited government, we explore where the idea came from, why it emer...
Ever since the 2008 high-speed rail ballot initiative passed, the California High Speed Rail Authority has claimed that there is private-sector interest in building the state’s high-speed rail line. Eighteen years have passed since the ballot initiative, and not a single dollar of private investment has been made. Yet, California High Speed Rail Authority CEO Ian Choudri rece...
The abstract philosophy of individual sovereignty became intensely real to me not long ago through the passing of a childhood friend. At seventy-nine, he received a diagnosis of incurable brain cancer. Faced with a devastating prognosis, he looked ahead at the path of decline and made a conscious, deliberate choice.
He told me plainly that he had no desire to spend his ...
Jennifer Baker, PhD, receives about $100,000 per year in monetary compensation, plus an additional ~$30,000 in benefits. Because she works at a state university—The University of Charleston—supported by both state and federal taxpayers, she is the direct beneficiary of what we might call macrolooting. Her salary depends, at least in part, on com...