Of course Mr. Musharraf doesn't want to share power. Who does? Does The Times want to share power and influence with the LA Times or with the Washington Post? Of course not.

Poor people often skimp on food so that they will have enough money for things they consider valuable.

Since we peasants couldn't see that Roosevelt's marvelous ideas were for our own good, he believed it was OK for him to lie to help pass his programs. Does that remind you of any modern politicians?

Making a small class of citizens into a protected species leads to less employment for that group.

Wal-Mart doesn't like paying taxes any more than you or I do, but, unlike us, Wal-Mart has the money to do something about it.

Leaders know that there's nothing as disruptive as information.

Detroit has given away a great many test drives which they could have had for free.

It would be a very good idea to have a standard system for maintaining health care records, but having the government spend money on this is a bad idea.

What does Mr. Gates plan to do with all the extra people that won't die from malaria now that his foundation has found a cure?

Barack Obama's people joined my social network and asked, "How can government help small businesses?" The answer's extremely simple, but nobody wants to hear it.