The Free Market 13, no. 12 (December 1995) Recycling has a high moral status, mostly because kids come home with bad information from schools and, in turn, use it to intimidate their parents. One poll revealed that 63% of kids have told Mom or Dad to recycle. Parents, be ashamed no more! Throw that trash away. There’s no virtue in recycling
The Free Market 13, no. 4 (April 1995) If you thought the end of the Cold War would mean the death of “defense” socialism, or even the shrinking of the massive Pentagon bureaucracy that has been choking off and diverting the productive sector of the economy since World War II, then think again. No bureaucracy gives up its power and privileges
The Free Market 13, no. 7 (July 1995) A gasoline-powered truck just towed an electric Ecostar out of my driveway. Built by Ford Motor Co. under pressure from the federal government, the “state-of-the-art” vehicle was loaned to me for the day. It was supposed to recharge overnight, but the lights on the panel display, flashing wildly, said it
The Free Market 13, no. 10 (October 1995) My aunt in Massachusetts, who’s never had much interest in politics, is now a land-rights activist. Bureaucrats hounded her for months, insisting that her small plot is a wetland “protected” under federal law, and demanding that she repent of the high crime of planting a garden on her own property. Now
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