Government Doesn't Work. That's The First Lesson

Government Seems To Operate On The Principle That If Even One Individual Is Incapable Of Using His Freedom Competently, No One Can Be Allowed To Be Free.

Insurance Is Meant For Extraordinary Circumstances. You Don't Use Car Insurance To Pay For Oil Changes Or Gasoline; You Have It As Protection In Case You Have A Terrible Accident Or Your Car Is Stolen. You Don't Use Homeowners' Insurance To Pay Your Electricity And Water Bills; You Have It As Protection In Case A Fire Or Other Catastrophic Event Produces A Large Expense. Obviously, Any Insurance Policy That Promises To Cover Every Small, Ordinary Expense Is Going To Be Much More Expensive Than One That Covers Only Extraordinary Expenses.

From The Cranberry Cancer Scare Of The 1950s To The Alar-in-apples Hysteria Of The 1980s, From The "new Ice Age" Of The 1960s To The "global Warming" Of The 1990s, Environmental Alarms Almost Always Turn Out To Be False. Few Non-political Scientists Fear Ozone Loss, Global Warming, Or Acid Rain. These Are Just Issues That Some People Hope To Use To Reorder The Lives Of The Rest Of Us.

There's Nothing Shameful In Acknowledging That You Don't Have The Answers To Every Question About Life. Just Accept The Fact That You Know Only A Fraction Of What's Going On In The World. You Don't Have To Attach Explanations In Terms Of A Special Revelation Of God's Will, A Glimpse At The Supernatural, Evidence Of A Conspiracy, Or Anything Else.

You Don't Have To Buy From Anyone. You Don't Have To Work At Any Particular Job. You Don't Have To Participate In Any Given Relationship. You Can Choose.