Government ought to be able to help the economy - assuming that politicians want the economy to grow and assuming that the government is able to do what the politicians promise.

We don't disparage the motives of politicians, they have the same motives we do. We don't distrust the motives of bureaucrats, we trust them all too well.

Why can't we Americans buy cheap cars? The cheapest car in the US costs about $20,000, about 8 times the cost of Tata's offering.

How come all the environmentalists keep proposing things people don't want to do? Real solutions nedn't require deprivation.

Once again, lawbreakers get a nice fat Christmas present, while the longsuffering voters get "nothing but hooks and some wire."

By thumbing their nose in the fact of the overwhelming majority of Americans, the Democrats are running a very serious risk.

What are we to make of the news that career State Department staffers are refusing to go to Iraq?

Contrary to Al Gore's predictions, our current lack of hurricanes is causing significant problems.

Are boaters deliberately trying to kill manatees?

Why such a difference between the handling of the California fires, vs Katrina in New Orleans?