Monthly Archives: January 2010

Anti-Abortion Murder or Not Tibor R. Machan In Wichita a trial is under way in which Scott Roeder is charged with the murder of Dr. George R. Tiller. No disputing the charege that he did the killing and the only … Continue reading →

Why the First Amendment? Tibor R. Machan It has puzzled me for some time why campaign contribution is considered a First Amendment constitutional issue. If I write out a check to some candidate, I am not talking, writing an essay, … Continue reading →

Tennis & Luck Tibor R. Machan Being an avid tennis fan, it has irked me that Woody Allen appears to believe that whether you win or lose a match is a matter of luck. That seems to have been his … Continue reading →

Choice and Rights Tibor R. Machan It’s about who is to choose! Our rights identify the realm of our choices, where we and not others get to decide about how things go. When rights are violated, the violator deprives the … Continue reading →

Business Versus Business Tibor R. Machan One can think of business as a profession, like medicine or engineering, and ask whether it is worthwhile or valuable. Should people in their communities welcome business or not? Or one can think of … Continue reading →

Tipping the Scales for Liberty Tibor R. Machan It has been my experience that people who take politics seriously tend to want to have their idea of a good or just system of laws fully implemented. Yet these people aren’t … Continue reading →

Do We Need More Guilt? Tibor R. Machan It is a running joke, of course, concerning Jewish mothers that they relentlessly try to instill guilt in their children along lines of, "You owe me since I brought you up." Never … Continue reading →

Planners and Earthquakes Tibor R. Machan It is no fun to use the Haiti earthquake as an object lesson–it may take away from the first business of the day, namely, to extend one’s generosity to those who have been devastated … Continue reading →

Alarm versus Panic Tibor R. Machan Raising star of mainstream media, Fareed Zakaria, on his Sunday CNN program GPS (Global Public Square), chided American officials and commentators for responding to the failed, near-miss terrorist attack in Detroit with panic. He … Continue reading →

Another bit of Good News Tibor R. Machan Yes, yes, I am desperate–I am digging into in-flight magazines for my good news since I cannot find too many in such places as The New York Times, TIME, or Newsweek. But … Continue reading →