I seldom disagree with Sowell. But I think he might be a little off base here. As a libertarian, I don't think the Unvierse owes us unfettered access to a life devoid of exposure to our fellow man. I don't think the Universe owes us anything.
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With Baby Boomers depleting their own personal finances and draining the welfare state in nursing homes, states are resurrecting enforcement of archaic filial responsibility laws to extort back payments from their children for those nursing home stays.(Read more...)
One good result of the internet, I've long believed, has been the decline of the old-media news oligopoly. They used to be almost a state church: you didn't have to subscribe, but you were a permanent outsider, at least a little odd, if you didn't. Today they are boutique outlets playing to diehard statists and hardl...(Read more...)