Michael Jackson’s close friend Yuri Geller, talking to Fox News by phone after Jackson’s death, said that one time when Jackson was sitting on a couch in Geller’s living room, he asked the “King of Pop” if he was a lonely man. According to Geller, Jackson paused, then looked up slowly and said, “Yuri Geller, I’m a very lonely man.”
After decades of observation, I have concluded that Jackson’s sad response could have come from any one of millions of people. A lonely person’s giveaway is his eyes. No matter what happy disguises he may wear, his eyes betray him. Read Full Article
When yet another politician bit the dust this week, I couldn’t help but think of Henry Kissinger’s all-too-true observation that “power is the ultimate aphrodisiac.” I don’t have a lot to say about Governor Mark Sanford’s situation, except that I think the whole thing is very sad. I don’t know Sanford personally, but he always came across as a sincere individual who was genuinely committed to the cause of liberty.
To his credit — unlike a number of politicians who preceded him on the Infidelity Path — Sanford did not try to deny his affair when confronted with it (though he did keep it under wraps for at least a year). He also impressed me by not humiliating his wife further by having her stand dutifully by his side at his mea culpa press conference — ala Eliot Spitzer, Jim McGreevey, David Vitter, et al. Attention politicians with uncontrollable libidos: When you’re caught, act like a man and stand before the public alone! Read Full Article
It’s hard to believe that just thirty years ago Iranians revolted against the Shah, and an Islamic republic was born. Millions of Westernized Iranians fled the country, with a million of them settling in Los Angeles alone.
And a large percentage of the remaining population, particularly the young, has never quite taken a shine to the Islamic police-state lifestyle. Isn’t it amazing that no matter how repressed a people may be and for how long a period of time, they still yearn for freedom? Read Full Article
What makes the seemingly nonsensical positions of a social progressive possible is his refusal to acknowledge the foundation of any civilized society: Natural Law. In fact, I would say that it is a lack of belief in Natural Law that underlies most crimes committed by progressives (and many crimes committed by nonprogressives).
The basic premise of Natural Law is that each person owns his own life and, therefore, has the right of self-choice — the right to do anything he wishes with his life, so long as he does not forcibly interfere with the life of any other person. Natural Law also may be properly thought of as the “law of nonaggression”; i.e., even though an individual has the right of self choice, that does not include the right to commit aggression against others. Read Full Article
You may have seen Bill O’Reilly’s slugfest the other night with Joan Walsh, editor of the far-left website salon.com. First, let me give credit where credit is due. Ms. Walsh had the courage to go head to head with the one guy most progressives avoid like the plague.
In addition, it’s fair to say that, as much as I respect O’Reilly, he can, at times, be quite rude. And, indeed, he interrupted Walsh, shouted her down, and told her that she had blood on her hands. Read Full Article
About two years ago, I recall having a conversation with an acquaintance of mine who built custom homes. At one point, he happened to mention a house that he’d had on the market for about three years.
I said, “You’re asking $650,000 for that house, right?” That was the price I’d remembered from three years earlier. His response took me aback: He said he was now asking $1 million for the same house! Read Full Article
As the 2008 Libertarian Vice Presidential nominee and a frequent guest on Fox News and Fox Business, many of you already know that I believe in the libertarian ideals of dramatically lower spending and taxes, radically cutting the size, scope, and power of government, and increasing economic and personal freedoms for all citizens. Read Full Article
Finally, the trees are back —my trees. The trees have once again shut off the outside world from my veranda. Almost makes me feel a modern-day Thoreau. Of course, he couldn’t see a golf course in the distance. Read Full Article
I recently interviewed Judge Andrew Napolitano about his new book, Dred Scott’s Revenge, for the Liberty Education Interview Series. No human being is perfect, but the Judge gives it a good try. He is a delightful individual, congenial and gracious, a hard-core libertarian, a constitutional scholar, and blessed with that rarest of combinations — a giant intellect coupled with the ability to communicate his knowledge in a way that anyone other than a far-left progressive can understand. Read Full Article
