Archives: February 2023

15 years ago
February 2008

“There’s zero chance that Ron Paul will be the Republican nominee for president. And I must say that a number of his stances—his dogged support of ‘sound money’ and a border wall, to name a couple—perplex me from a specifically libertarian, ‘Free Minds and Free Markets’ perspective. But here’s hoping that many of the positions he’s taking—such as his principled opposition to an interventionist foreign policy, the PATRIOT Act, and the federal government’s drug war—have a major influence on how Campaign 2008 unfolds.”
Nick Gillespie
“A Better Choice”

20 years ago
February 2003

“Like any technology, neurological enhancements can be abused, especially if they’re doled out—or imposed—by an unchecked authority. But [Francis] Fukuyama and other critics have not made a strong case for why individuals, in consultation with their doctors, should not be allowed to take advantage of new neuroscientific breakthroughs to enhance the functioning of their brains. And it is those individuals that the critics will have to convince if they seriously expect to restrict this research.”
Ronald Bailey
“The Battle for Your Brain”

25 years ago
February 1998

“Political corruption follows political power. Dairy interests would be a lot less civic-minded if lucrative payoffs weren’t in the offing, because in the long run federal controls and subsidies are bad for the milk market. Government’s market manipulations can’t hold back the technological and systemic changes that make jobs we get really good at,